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BJP to bask in Kirans glow Prez raps noisy Opp, but

against Ordinance route
CM candidate
Bedi to fight
election from
Krishna Nagar
Krishna Tirath
shifts loyalty to Pranab says Govt
BJP, quits Cong and Opp should
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yebrows were raised

E
within the BJP camp on
Monday after the party
utting an end to the susP

pense surrounding the
choice of the chief ministerial
candidate for the Delhi
Assembly elections, slated to be
held on February 7, the BJP on
Monday named super cop
Kiran Bedi as its choice for the
top job.
The announcement by the
BJP top brass will help quell all
dissent that had been brewing
in the State unit for the last few
days ever since Bedi joined the
saffron party. Bedi will take on
SK Bagga of the AAP and
Congress' Bansi Lal from
Krishna Nagar.
The party also announced
candidates for 62 seats and the
list has as many as six women
candidates, apart from 13 Dalit
nominees and more than 20
young faces.
Youth leader and former
president of DUSU Nupur
Sharma will take on AAP chief
Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi.
The party did not field Delhi
BJP chief Satish Upadhyay for
the elections saying that the
State unit chief should lead the
poll process.
New entrants to the party
had a field day as former
Union Minister Krishna
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(Left to Right) BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley during partys
parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Monday
Tirath, who joined the BJP on

Monday, was given a ticket
from Patel Nagar. Former
Speaker and AAP leader MS
Dhir, who too joined the BJP
a few months ago, will contest
against Congress candidate
Talwinder Singh Marwah and
AAP's Praveen Deshmukh
from Jangpura. AAP rebel
Vinod Kumar Binny will take
on the second-in-command of
the AAP, Manish Sisodia, in
Patparganj. Senior BJP leader

Jagdish Mukhi, who was at one
time being considered for the
Chief Minister's post, is being
fielded again from Janakpuri,
where he will face his son-inlaw Suresh Kumar, who is the
Congress candidate.
The party has pitted
Pravin Jain against Congress
heavyweight Ajay Maken, who
was recently appointed as
Congress
Campaign
The decision to make Kiran Bedi

the partys chief ministerial
candidate for Delhi was supported
by all membersThere is no
discord among the party members,
it was only media speculation
AMIT SHAH
PTI
Committee chairman, from

Sadar Bazaar.
Former Delhi BJP chief
Vijender Gupta, who had contested against Kejriwal in New
Delhi earlier, will be contesting from Rohini. He will take
on Congress Sukhbir Sharma
and AAPs Charanji Lal Gupta.
Perhaps the strongest
nominee among all contenders, the newly-inducted
Bedi, who also has the distinction of being the first
woman IPS officer, would be
contesting from the Krishna
Nagar seat in the February 7
Assembly polls which is the
BJPs stronghold and from
where Union Minister Harsh
Vardhan fought until the last
elections.
Continued on Page 6
inducted former UPA

Minister and a lightweight,
Krishna Tirath, into the
party. Her joining BJP comes
amidst the partys efforts to
woo Dalit voters of the capital to boost its prospects in
the February 7 polls. Delhi
has 12 reserved seats of
which a majority was won by
the AAP in the last assembly
polls in 2013. BJP won only
two while Congress got one.
Some felt that induction of
Tirath could send in a
wrong signal and it might
seem that the party was getting somewhat desperate.
Fifty-nine year old Dalit
leader, Tirath was welcomed
in the BJP by party president
Amit Shah with a bouquet of
flowers.
The former women and
child development minister in
the Manmohan Singh-led
UPA Government was
accompanied by BJPs incharge of Delhi affairs Prabhat
Jha and partys state unit chief
Satish Upadhyay. Strangely,
senior Congress leaders were
not aware about Tiraths plan
to resign from the party.
A legislature is effective only if it is

able to address the differences
among stakeholders and
succeeds in building a
consensus for the law to be
enacted and enforced.
When Parliament fails in
discharging its law-making
role or enacts law without
discussion, it breaches the
trust reposed in it by the
people. This is neither
good for the democracy,
nor for the policies
anchored in those laws
PRANAB MUKHERJEE
work out issues

to avoid need for
joint session of
Parliament
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NEW DELHI
peaking his mind for the first

SParliament
time over the issue of
stand-offs, President
Pranab Mukherjee has said a
noisy Minority cannot be
allowed to gag a patient
Majority. He also cautioned the
Government against resorting
to Ordinance route frequently
and expressed that convening a
joint session of Parliament to
make up for numbers to enact
laws is not a practical solution.
Addressing faculty and students of Central universities
and research institutions
through video conferencing,
the President said the
Government
and
the
Opposition parties should put
their heads together and find
out a workable solution to
avoid a situation for frequent
Ordinances. While saying legislation is the exclusive domain
of Parliament and Assemblies,
the President said that getting
a Bill passed is always the easier part but the harder part is
the negotiations for reconciling

the interests of different groups
for the legislation.
A legislature is effective
only if it is able to address the
differences among stakeholders
and succeeds in building a
consensus for the law to be
enacted and enforced. When
Parliament fails in discharging
its law-making role or enacts
law without discussion, it
breaches the trust reposed in it
by the people. This is neither
good for the democracy, nor
for the policies anchored in
those laws, President said.
The Presidents comments
have come against the backdrop
of a series of Ordinances pushed
by the NDA Government. So far
the Modi Government has
brought in eight Ordinances.
The speed and numbers of

these have surprised even the
President, prompting him to
reportedly raise questions over
the urgency of the Ordinance
relating to acquisition of land
before signing on it.
Ordinance route cannot be
taken, should not be taken for
normal legislation, he said
replying to a question whether
frequent Ordinance follows the
spirit of Constitution. He underlined that the Constitution provided for promulgation of
Ordinance in extraordinary situation but this route cannot and
should not be taken for normal
legislation. I ask the political
establishment to engage in a dialogue and resolve their differences, he said.
Continued on Page 6
Modi seeks shift UP seeks `6,500 cr for police modernisation

in global views on
climate change U
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Class 6-8 schools

to reopen today
Lucknow : With further
improvement in weather, the
district administration has
ordered reopening of classes
from Nursery to 5th standard
from 11 am from Wednesday
onwards. Class 6 to 8 schools
will, however, reopen from 11
am to 2:30 pm from Tuesday.
District Magistrate Raj
Shekhar said classes from
Nursery to 5th standard would
remain closed on Tuesday but
from January 21 onwards, they
would resume from 11 am to
2.30 pm. Class 6 to 8 schools
will, however, reopen from 11
am to 2:30 pm from Tuesday,
he added. Classes from 9th to
12th will be held daily from 10
am to 2:30 pm as usual.
If there is a sudden change
in the weather in the comings
days, decision will be taken on
changing the school timing
accordingly, the DM said. PNS
Not just emission

cuts, focus should
also be on solar
energy generation,
conservation: PM
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rime Minister Narendra

P
Modi has called for a radical shift in the global approach
towards climate change and
said the focus should not only
remain on emission cuts but it
should move to efforts made

for clean energy generation
and conservation.
The Prime Minister (PM)
was clearly trying to highlight
measures taken by India to produce cleaner energy in the
midst of mounting pressure by
developed nations to bring
down emissions.
Asking the international community to shift from
carb on credit towards
green credit, Modi singled
out solar energy, saying it
needs to be integrated with a
hybrid system of energy to
make it useful.
Continued on Page 6
THINKING GREEN
q Chairing the first meeting of the reconstituted Prime Ministers
Council on Climate Change here, Modi called for a careful
evaluation of all the initiatives taken by India in solar energy, wind
energy, biomass energy and transportation projects that have
reduced distances or travel times
q Modi called for setting up of a consortium of nations with
potential in solar energy and said they could join hands with India in
innovation and cutting-edge research that would reduce the cost of
solar energy, making it more accessible to the people
q He also directed ministries to prepare a concept note on
uncovered areas like health, urban waste management, coastal
areas and wind energy, while dealing with climate change as these
are not covered under the ongoing missions
ttar Pradesh demanded

`6,500 crore from the
Centre for modernisation of its
police force and also called for
improved road network, at the
20th meeting of the Central
Zonal Council held here on
Monday.
The meeting, chaired by
Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh, aimed to end problems
related to infrastructure development, Left-wing extremism,
hike in the Central share, police
modernisation and better road
network.
Besides, it was also decided to review the existing forest
and environment laws as they
are creating a roadblock in
development.
The members agreed to
have more interactions and
implement the Food Security
Act from April next year. The
meeting was held after a gap of
five years.
Home Minister Rajnath
Singh admitted that more than
50 per cent of the issues raised
in the meeting had been
resolved through interaction.
He said the meeting was successful.
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chauhan, Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Raman Singh,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Harish Rawat and Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh at the
meeting of Central Zonal Council in Lucknow on Monday.
Akhilesh Yadav attended the

meeting along with senior officials of the four states.
Briefing media persons
after the meeting, Chief
Secretary Alok Ranjan, said
the UP Government had
sought `6,500 crore for police
modernisation in the state
over the next three years.
The four chief ministers
attending the meeting
demanded more roads in their
states, particularly in Naxaliteaffected Chhattisgarh, to
counter backwardness,
Ranjan said.
Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh has assured
them that he would raise the
issue with Union Surface
Transport Ministry in this
regard.
UP and Uttarakhand chief
ministers also decided to
resolve their assett-related
disputes and set up a Chief
Secretary-level committee to
look into the matter besides
agreeing to jointly seting up a
hydro-power project in the

hill state.
R anjan said that the
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
demanded that the CentreState ratio in all developmental works should be 90:10 and
that the Centre bear full cost
of deploying Central forces in
Naxalite-infected districts.
The four chief ministers
demanded amendments to forest and environment law to
provide relaxation in development works.
PTI
The states also demanded

modernisation of jails while
stressing the need for commencing exams in primary
sections to improve the education standard.
Secretary of Central Zonal
Council, SK Das, said there
was a good response from the
four states during the meeting
and he hoped that another
meeting could be held in UP
later this year.
Chhattisgarh is scheduled
to hold the meet in 2016.
4-legged US squad to ensure terror hasnt a dogs chance
Tharoor grilled about tensions

with Sunanda over Tarar, Katy
PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH n

NEW DELHI
PNS n NEW DELHI
into service to sanitise areas

scheduled in Obamas visit.
The US Dog Squad will be
assisted by the 30-member dog
squad of the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP).
The US Dog Squad will
supplement US secret service in
carrying out anti-sabotage drill
during the stay of President
Obama in Delhi. Sources said
that these dogs cannot be
housed at Delhi Police
lines as it is quite far from the
Lutyens Zone.
It has been learnt that the
US ASLT has informed their
Indian counterparts about their
visit and the security set-up
required for them.
Sources said that the US
secret service has conveyed
to the Indian authorities about
the Dog Unit of the
These highly trained pedigree dogs which have military ranks and are duly saluted by
junior officers are being flown to the national Capital as part of the Advanced Security
Liaison Team of the US President. The canines are addressed by their names and ranks
and cautioning them without their ranks and names is proscribed
Presidents security.
There are Intelligence
inputs that international terror
groups are itching to target US
President Obama and Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The dog squad will be assisted by highly trained dogs of the
Indian Army, Border Security
Force, Special Protection Group,
National Security Guards (NSG)

and the Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF).
It may be recalled that
ITBP had issued a statement
after its especially trained dog

squad was sent to Delhi for providing anti-sabotage cover for
the high profile visit. The
threat is from sophisticated
remotely operated improvised
explosive devices at sensitive
locations during the Republic
Day celebrations and in hotels
where the US President and his
entourage would stay.
Radicalised lone-wolf operatives chats with their bosses
from across the border or sleeper cells have been intercepted by
our Intelligence agencies and
corroborated by the US
Intelligence, a statement said.
The ITBP dog squad has
been kept at ITBP station in the
Capital for sanitising the
sprawling Rajpath, India Gate
lawns and the entire route of
President Obama.
Union Minister and

Former
Congress MP Shashi
Tharoor was grilled
by the Special
Investigation Team
(SIT) of South district in connection
with the murder of
his wife Sunanda
Pushkar.
Sources said that Tharoor
was confronted in the light of
fresh details that had emerged
in the SIT probe after it registered a case of murder at
Sarojini Nagar police station.
The SIT asked Tharoor
about his relationship with
Sunanda and whether there
were any differences between
them over Pakistani journalist
Mehar Tarar and his biograPTI
unit of 24 sniffer dogs that

are part of the security
wing of US President Barack
Obama will be housed in the
fortified Five-Star Shangri La
Hotel. Authorities have booked
24 rooms for these canines and
their handlers.
These highly trained pedigree dogs which have military ranks and are duly saluted by junior officers are
being flown to the national
Capital as part of the Advanced
Security Liaison Team (ASLT)
of the US President. The dogs
are addressed by their names
and ranks and cautioning them
without their ranks and names
is proscribed.
The squad will be pressed
pher Katherine or Katy as

mentioned by Tharoors servant Narayan Singh during
his deposition.
Tharoor arrived at
Vasant Vihars AutoTheft Squad (ATS)
office for questioning.
He was grilled by the
SIT, headed South district DCP Prem Nath
and Additional DCP
Pramod Kushwah. South-eastern range Joint CP Vivek too
was present.
Earlier in the day, Delhi
Police Commissioner Bhim
Sain Bassi had hinted that
Tharoors grilling was imminent as he has already been
ser ved summons under
Section 160 of Criminal
Procedure Code (CrPC) by the
Investigating Officer.
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LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JANUARY 20, 2015
Prized catch for ATS, Lko police NHRC notice to top officials
Dawoods close
aide Tariq Parveen
nabbed in Mumbai
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joint team of the AntiTerror Squad and

Lucknow police had a
big catch when they nabbed
Tariq Parveen, a close aide of
underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim on Monday after several days camping in Mumbai.
Apart from the exhaustive
dossiers of crime cases against
him, Tariq was wanted in
recovery of AK-47 in the year
1999 from Hazratganj police
station. He is said to be a
NOTICE
sharp-shooter of the D-company. His name surfaced when

the Special Task Force nabbed
two terrorists from Laxmi
Lawn Guest house
Azizuddin aka Abdul Aziz and
Aquil Ahmad in Hazratganj
and they disclosed the name of
Tariq and his involvement in
providing them the assault
rifles. Confirming the arrest,
SSP Yashasvi Yadav said Tariq
was a notorious criminal and
he would look after the financial affairs of Dawood
Ibrahim.
He was presently assisting
Dawoods sister in Mumbai in
streamlining the scattered business of D-company in Mumbai
and other states, the SSP said.
Tariq was deported from
Dubai to Mumbai and arrested by the police. He was wanted in connection with an illegal shopping complex case in
south Mumbai involving
Dawoods younger brother
Iqbal Kaskar, who had been
deported earlier.
Therafter, Tariq had
expressed desire to Dubai
authorities to return to India
and face legal consequences for
his crimes he committed before
fleeing to the Gulf country.
Tariq had been granted
bail by a sessions court in an
assault case. He was accused of
assaulting the driver of former
don Karim Lalas nephew Gudu
Pathan at Dongri in South
Mumbai last month.
He was granted bail with
Hooch tragedy
aking a suo motu cognizance of death toll as

appeared in media reports in
Malihabad hooch tragedy, the
National Human Rights
Commission issued notices to
the Chief Secretary, Inspector
General of Police, Lucknow
Range and District Magistrate,
Lucknow, calling for reports
within two weeks.
The Commission observed
that the contents of the press
reports, if true, raises a serious
issue of violation of human
rights of the victims. Reportedly,
till January 13, the death toll had
climbed to 32 even as 18 more

were in critical condition in various hospitals. The number of
casualties was, however more
than the official claim. Pushed
on the backfoot, the state
Government had ordered a
magisterial enquiry and suspended 20 erring officials during a crackdown. Police had registered four cases and arrested
main accused Jugnu responsible
for selling the spurious liquor.
On Monday, police arrested
two more named miscreants
- Phoolchand aka Bhurey and
Bhupendra aka Bablu, both of
Malihabad. Hundreds of villagers of Datli and neighbouring
village of Malihabad, Banthra
and from Unnao district complained of vomiting and dizzi-
ness. They later were admitted

to different hospitals. By the time
they could get treatment, the
death toll started rising and at
least 48 persons were reportedly died by January 15. Police
recovered 50 litre of hooch from
a manufacturing unit at Jugnus
house. Police were looking out
for Jugnus aides Jagdish,
Phoolchanda, Buhupendra and
Pushpa in this connection.
KILLED
A man, identified as Amber

Saroj, died after the bike he was
riding hit against a road divider
near Alambagh bus station on
Monday. He was returning
home when he met with the
accident. The commuters
rushed him to Trauma Centre
of KGMU in a critical state

where he later died.
BODY RECOVERED
The body of Shashi Verma

(30) of Dariyapur village in
Gossainganj locality was recovered from near the railway
tracks on Monday. After the
identity was ascertained, her
brother Ashutosh of Unnao
was informed. Ashutosh alleged
that Shashis husband Alok
Verma and her in-laws had
killed her and had dumped the
body beside the railway tracks
to hide the evidence. He alleged
that his sister was being
harassed for dowry since her
marriage. Shashi was married to
Alok in 2012. Police registered
a case in this connection.
UP Cong gearing up for stir

against Central, state govts
WOMAN ACTIVIST
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the condition that he would not

tamper with the evidence
against him. He was also asked
to appear before police authorities every Monday till further
orders. Tariq was also accused
of having sent his men to stab
watchman-cum-driver Khalid
Shaikh, who was working at a
private company located on
Mohammed Ali Road in South
Mumbai, on June 28.
Lucknow crime branch
had arrested Tariq and four
more accused in this case, all of
whom were granted bail by the
court later, but Tariqs bail was
rejected after prosecution
opposed his plea on the
grounds that his release would
adversely
affect
the
investigation.
he UP Congress will soon

come into active mode as a
decision has been taken on the
directive of party high command to expose the wrongdoings of both Bharatiya Janata
Party-led Government at the
Centre and the Samajwadi
Party Government in the state.
There are several burning
issues which need to be raised
by us so we have decided to
launch a series of agitations
against both the governments
and a strategy of our agitation
is being chalked out, disclosed
UP Congress president Nirmal
Khatri here.
We will start the agitation
soon after drawing finalising
the strategy by mid February,
Khatri announced while talking to reporters soon after a
meeting of the party core group
comprising about 40 senior
leaders.
Khatri said the Congress
would soon switch over to agitational mode on several issues,
prominent among them being
amendment
to
Land
Acquisition Act by Central
Government.
The decision for the agitation was taken in the meeting
of senior party leaders chaired
by Congress general secretary
Madhusudan Mistry.
Around 36 senior leaders
of the party, including Rashid
Alvi, Sriprakash Jaiswal, Sanjay
Nirmal Khatri
Singh, Pradeep Jain Aditya,

PL Punia, Mohsina Kidwai,
participated in the meet.
It was also decided to send
these senior leaders to districts to get feedback from the
ground level, as per the direction of party president Sonia
Gandhi.
Each leader will be
assigned one or two district of
their choice and asked to give
their report on the basis of the
feedback by the first week of
February, Khatri said.
Sonia Gandhi has asked
the UP Congress Committee to
get feedback from the ground
level regarding issues, strategies
and other issues, so that the
party may include them before
drawing the future course of
action for revival of the party.
A senior Congress woman

activist staged protest outside
the meeting hall at UPCC
headquarters here as she was
not happy with the announcement of the committee of the
Pradesh Congress.
I was secretary of womens
wing in the All-India Congress
Committee but to my surprise,
the senior leaders overlooked
my seniority as well as hard
work of many woman leaders
and included those who have
done nothing for the party and
only have the blessings of some
senior leaders, said the woman
activist, disclosing her identity as Shabnam Khandelwal.
Interestingly, Shabnam
Khandelwal tried to air her
grievances before Khatri just
outside the meeting hall but he
asked her to come to his office
and register her grievance as it
was party related matter and
could not be discussed publicly.
It may be mentioned here
that some other senior leaders
were also unhappy with the
constitution of the state committee and resigned in protest
against not being given posts as
per their seniority or hard
work.
Sources said that Khatri
has tried to convince all these
leaders as well as others who
have not been included in the
committee and assured them a
right place in future.
Modis stress on education

of Muslims, says Najma
NOTICE
I Krishan Kumar S/o Late
Madan Singh, R/o L-II 234,
Sector G, LDA Colony,
Lucknow have changed my
name as Krishan Kumar Negi
in place of Krishan Kumar. I will
be known as Krishan Kumar
Negi in future for all purposes.
NOTICE
This is to notify that my
name Rashmin Kishnaney has
been changed to Aarushi
chowdhry W/o Sandeep
Chowdhry, R/o 2 Khurshed
Bagh Vishnu Nagar, Lucknow
for all purposes.
Lucknow (PNS): Union

Minorities Welfare Minister
Najma Heptullah said that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
wanted every child of the
Muslim community to have a
pen or some tool in the hand
and not firearm.
Our Prime Minister wants
every child of the Muslim
community to get proper education and technical training so
that they do not take dreaded
firearms in their hands,
Heptullah said while addressing a function in Bareilly.
She said the Central
Government was doing every-
thing to provide good education facilities for the minorities.

The Union Minister, however, criticised the Uttar
Pradesh Government for the
bad condition of roads.
The roads have only potholes and nothing else, she
said.
On the occasion, Heptullah
announced that the Centre
would provide scholarships to
10 million students of the
minorities. She even assured
financial support from the
Government to minorities students going abroad for higher
studies.
ATM heist: Police recover empty safe box

wo days after the broad

daylight Rs 1.35 crore heist
outside an ATM booth in
Kaiserbagh on Saturday, the
Sarojini Nagar police recovered
empty safe box in which the
cash was kept by the bank staff
on Monday.
According to police
spokesman, the box was spotted lying abandoned on the
ground inside the Chillawn
market. The box was lying
some 20 feet inside the main
road and was spotted by local
residents on Monday morning,
the spokesman said. He was
apparently at the loss of words
to explain whether the miscreants had dumped the empty
box to mislead police or to
avoid being identified.
Barring the recovery of
the empty safe box, police
failed to get any other clue
about the miscreants so far.
Several police teams had been
constituted to crack the case.
The cops are also questioning
persons engaged in the cash
dispensing/transaction work
by the bank, sources said.
They added the recovery of the
empty box belied polices claim
that the box was not there in
the vehicle when it reached outside the ATM booth. The
police was also suspecting the
`3.25 lakh stolen

from car in Chowk
Lucknow (PNS): A driver stole Rs 3.25 lakh in cash from
the car of his employer in Chowk on Sunday night. He was later
nabbed and Rs 2.94 lakh in cash was recovered from a house
in Thakurganj. Complainant Pradeep Jaiswal of Bahraich district said he had visited Lucknow on Sunday for some business
work and checked in Hotel Raj Awadh in Chowk. He had come
in his car and his driver Rupesh Kumar of Bahraich was with
him. He added that Rupesh left in the car around 11 pm after
he checked into the hotel room. Around 6.30 am, he called up
Rupesh but he did not respond to the call. In apprehension, I
came out of the hotel and found Rupesh fell asleep in the car
but the cash was missing, he told. The police doubted Rupesh
credentials and interrogated him. He later owned up that he had
hidden the cash at a house of his acquaintance in Thakurganj.
Police raided the place and recovered the cash. Police, however, had no clue about the remaining sum.
credentials of the employees.
But the cops failed to extract
anything substantial from them
as of now. On the other hand,
the recovery of the box from a
distant location also exposed
that the robbery was committed by some professional
group, the sources said.
They added in the light of
these findings, it seemed that
the miscreants had picked up
the safe box containing the cash
and fled by some four-wheeler to avoid being identified. It
18 global firms to take part

in pre-bid conference
Rolling stock & signalling tender of LMRC
he pre-bid conference of
the rolling stock and sig1nalling
tender of the Lucknow
Metro Rail Corporation will be
held at the North Eastern
Railway Office here on
Tuesday. A senior LMRC official while talking to The
Pioneer on Monday said that
18 global companies would be
taking part in the pre-bid conference for this tender.
The tender has been floated by the Lucknow Metro Rail
Corporation for the design,
manufacture, supply, testing
and commissioning of 80
coaches, including a Train
Control, Signalling and
Telecommunication System for
the North-South Corridor of
the Lucknow Metro Project.
The official said that the
pre-bid conference would be

attended by all the senior officials of the Lucknow Metro Rail
Corporation, including the
Managing Director and the
two Directors. The pre-bid
conference provides an interface between the company and
the Corporation and helps the
companies to put forth their
Pioneer
Vidhan Bhawan fencing and gates being painted anew ahead of Republic Day, in Lucknow on Monday
queries regarding the tender

and the Corporation officials to
put forth their expectations
regarding it, said the senior
official.
He said that they had gone
in for the combined tender in
a bid to save time. This is a
joint tender for the coaches and
the signalling system. The com-
pany will be providing 80

coaches which will be in 20
rakes with each rake having
over four coaches. These
coaches will be here by
October-November 2016 and
will be prototype tested. By
combing the tender we will be
saving time, he said. In case of
the signalling system the
Corporation is going for the
CBTC (Communication-based
Train technology. This communication-based technology
is being used in the country by
us for the first time, he said.
The tenders will be submitted
and opened on March 3. The
technical bids will be first
opened followed by the financial ones as is the normal procedure with the lowest bidder
bagging the tender, he said.
is certain that the crime was

executed by some professional gang and not by conmen
who used to dupe people of
small cash or jewellery, they
said. Unidentified miscreants
had made off with the safe box
containing Rs 1.35 crore from
a vehicle engaged in dispensing
cash at an ATM booth under
Kaiserbagh police station area
on Saturday afternoon. After
the incident, police detained
cash
dispensing
staff
Himanshu, Anurag, security
guard Gyanendra and driver of

the vehicle Pyarelal for questioning.
BOY INJURED AS
GUN GOES OFF
Firing during a bhandara

caused firearm injuries to a 15year-old boy in Gossaiganj.
Police, however, maintained
that the mishap took place
when a double barrel gun fell
down and the bullet went off
accidentally. According to
reports, villagers organised a
bhandara (a function in which
food stuff is distributed to
people attending the function)
in Karim Nagar village.
Around 4.30 pm on
Monday, two persons named
Surendra of Gossaiganj and Raj
Bahadur of Nagram reached
the venue. Both were carrying
handguns with them. The
police spokesman said, while
attending the function, Raj
Bahadurs gun fell down. Due
to a jerk, it went off and the bullet hit a 15-year-old boy, the
spokesman said. He said the
injured suffered minor injury
in his throat and was taken to
a hospital. Nobody came to
police to lodge a complaint, the
spokesman added. He clarified
that the incident was purely
accidental and not deliberate or
due to ignorance of some
person.
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Estimated
Earnest
No.
Cost (Rs.)
Money (Rs.)
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Civil work under MNOP at
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2.
5,44,017/10,880/RMS Saharanpur.
3.
5,53,668/11,073/RMS Najibabad.
4.
Maintenance civil work in
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Rajnath eulogises Indias contribution to science

nion Home Minister

Rajnath Singh said that
India had been a pioneer country in cosmological
calculations and scientific
research from the Vedic era
itself. Singh added that there
was no need to look at a US
observatory to seek information on lunar and solar eclipse
predictions, as it would be easily available with a pundit.
Senior BJP leader and former lecturer of Physics, Rajnath
Singh was addressing the convocation
of
Lucknow
University on Monday.
Emphasising the contributions of ancient Indian
knowledge, he said: Our saints
had said that Earth existed
1.96 arab (196 crore) years ago.
Earlier, science did not
accept this, but later it had to.
What they tell is run by our
channels. They should have
asked pundits.
He underlined the need for
spiritual development of students and inculcating traditional values in them. He appealed
to the masses, specially youths,
to stick to Indian traditions and
cultural values. Quality education with cultural values can
work wonders. For comprehensive development of the student
proper attention should be
paid on their materialistic and
spiritual development, he
pointed out. Objecting to hi
and bye culture, the minister
asked students not to indulge
in it and instead follow traditions and touch feet of their
parents and elders.
When knowledge is cut-
he exuberance of success
overwhelmed students who
T
were awarded gold medals in
Pioneer
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Governor Ram Naik during LU convocation on Monday. (Right) Students posing with their degrees and medals
off from traditional values, it

becomes
disastrous.
Civilisations which get cut-off
from their traditions and values do not survive for long. It
was India which showed a big
heart and gave message of
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the
world is one family), he
said. Remembering Swami
Vivekananda, Singh said that
he was a true global Indian
youth who spread the idea of
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and
appealed to religious leaders in
Chicago not to bring competition among the religions.
He also mentioned that
the terrorism was spreading its
tentacles and the menace could
be dealt with quality and moral
education.
Governor Ram Naik congratulated students and said
AT A GLANCE
Governor refused to confer the controversial Chakravarty
Gold Medal in the programme
He refused to talk about the controversy created over
Chakravarty Gold Medal
Chakravarty Gold Medal is likely be given later
As many as 32 students out of 190 were given away gold
medals in the convocation programme. Rest of the students
will be awarded medals on Tuesday at Malviya Hall
Students who were not given medals on the convocation
day looked extremely disappointed and annoyed with the university administration. They termed it humiliating
Vice-Chancellor SB Nimse announces to upgrade the academic curriculum in tunes with national demand
that they should strive hard to
achieve their goals. The students will have to face challenges with all their courage
and intellect. They will have to
remain positive even in odd
times, he said.
He also expressed his dissatisfaction that not even a single university from India was
listed in the top 200 universities of the world. He hoped that
Lucknow University would
make all efforts to get a place
in the top 200 global universities in few years to come.

The Governor conferred
LLD (honoris causa) on Chief
Justice of the Allahabad High
Court Dr Dhananjaya Yashvant
Chandrachud. Chandrachud
dedicated the honour to his
parents and said that the degree
conferred on him would be
served in its real terms if he
succeeded in providing justice
to the poor people.
He added that citizens in
India would have to go beyond
the gender and caste discrimination for the countrys
progress.
No country can grow until
its citizens are treated equally.
Violence against women is a
serious cause of concern and
should be stopped right away.
Everyone will have to con-
tribute towards the development of the nation, he pointed out. Exhorting young students, Chandrachud said: The
future lies in your hand. Come
forward and form a platform
from where India can grow
faster than any country could.
We are citizens of a free society and this freedom has to be
zealously protected. Keep the
light to prosper in you burning
bright, he added.
Lucknow University ViceChancellor SB Nimse congratulated students on the occasion. He tabled the progress
report and achievements of
the university in the programme. He said that the university was committed to excellence in higher studies and
hoped to get an A certificate in
NAAC evaluation this year.
US President Obama to visit Taj Mahal on January 27

S President Barack
Obama will get a glimpse
of the seventh century monument Taj Mahal in Agra on
Januar y
27.
Senior
Superintendent of Police in
Agra. Rajesh D Rao, on
Monday confirmed the visit of
the US President and his family members to Agra. He, however, said Obama and his family would be visiting the Taj on
January 27 but the actual

schedule would be finalised in
the coming days.
The state authorities and
US security personnel are
holding meetings to finalise
the programme, he added.
In the meeting held so far,
several decisions have been
taken, including closing all
roads leading to the Taj on the
day of Obamas visit and monitoring the hotels, guest houses and other places five days
prior to the visit. Agra

Divisional Commissioner
Pradeep Bhatnagar also confirmed the visit of the US
President but refused to disclose the details. He said for
security reasons, the details
could not be disclosed to the
media.
Earlier, there were speculations whether the US
President would visit Agra or
not during his busy schedule
at New Delhi.
Meanwhile, ahead of
Obamas proposed visit to
Agra, an advance American
team on Monday held talks
with the district administration and police on the agenda
and security-related issues.
The district officials here
maintained
that
the
Americans have proposed a
three-tier security ring apart
from their own Secret Service
cover for Obama and closure
of business establishments
near the sites that the US

President would visit.
American Secret Service personnel, who have landed in
Agra, have already conducted
a preliminary survey of the
routes to be taken by the US
President to reach the Taj
Mahal.
A multiple-layer security
ring will be thrown around
Obama with the elite Special
Protection Group and Secret
Services personnel form-
ing a part of the close proximity ring, official sources said,

adding a radar had been exclusively kept for monitoring air
space. Last month, a 40-member team had visited Agra to
chalk out the initial programme of the US President.
According to the schedule,
the US President is scheduled
to visit Agra on January 27 for
an hour during which he will
spend around 20 minutes
inside the monument.
SP Govt set to appoint Congress backs SP

over 75,000 teachers in Council polls
ulfilling its promise to provide jobs to the youth of

the state, the Akhilesh Yadav
Government has started the
process to appoint over 75,000
teachers in primary schools to
bridge the gap between students and teachers.
Basic Education Minister
Ram Gobind Chaudhary told
The Pioneer here on Monday
that overcoming initial hiccups, the Government has
started the process to appoint
primary teachers.
In the first go, around
15,000 teachers will be given
jobs. By the start of the next
academic session, the
Government will appoint
75,000 teachers in all, the
minister said.
It is the first initiative of
the state Government to provide over 1.50 lakh jobs by the
end of this year. The
Government has also started
the recruitment process in
the health and social sectors,
Panchayati Raj and police
force, including traffic police.
There is a huge shortage
of teachers in the Basic
Education Department. We
tried to overcome this by
Woman burns
self, two kids
to death
appointing shiksha mitras but

the Government did not get
the desired result so we decided that BTC pass youth should
be appointed. In some cases
we have relaxed the rules to fill
the vacancies, Chaudhary
said.
The minister said that
after filling 15,000 posts of
assistant teachers, counselling
for filling 30,000 vacancies of
science and maths teachers in
government schools would
begin.
Besides, a decision has
been taken to fill up 29,334
posts of assistant teachers of
science and mathematics in
the schools being run by
urban local bodies by March
31.
The State S election
Commission is likely to advertise more than one lakh
vacancies in various departments. These include over
30,000 ministerial posts. The
process to fill them will begin
soon. More than 10,000
vacancies in the Employment
and Training and Revenue
Departments will also be
filled.
The Chief Ministers office
has already asked various
major departments to provide
it information about the total

number of vacancies, the posts
advertised or to be advertised along with the last date
for submission of applications.
We are collecting information from major departments about the steps taken to
fill up the vacancies. It is difficult to ascertain the actual
number of posts, said a senior
officer.
The state Government has
also asked the Panchayat Raj
Department to begin the
process for filling up 26,000
posts of village panchayat
officers. At the same time, the
state Revenue Department
has been asked to fill up nearly 6,000 posts of lekhpal
soon.
Various public sector
undertakings (PSUs) are also
in the process of filling up the
vacant posts on the lines of the
recruitment drive being
launched by various departments. Sources said the Uttar
Pradesh Power Corporation
Limited ( UPPCL), Uttar
Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation (UPSRTC) and
some other PSUs are in the
final phases of launching a
similar recruitment drive.
s was expected, the UP Congress

on Monday announced its support
to the ruling Samajwadi Party candidates in the biennial elections to 12
seats of State Legislative Council,
polling for which will be held on
January 23.
There are 13 candidates in the fray
eight of the Samajwadi Party, three
of Bahujan Samaj Party and two of
Bharatiya Janata Party.
UP Congress president Nirmal
Khatri said here on Monday afternoon
that the party had decided to support
secular forces in the Council polls to
restrict the communal BJP.
Khatri also alleged that the BJP
was indulging in horse-trading of the
MLAs to manage additional votes for
the victory of its second candidate.
BJP requires 21 additional votes
for the victory of its second candidate.
Meanwhile, Congress Legislature
Party leader Pradeep Mathur told
reporters here on Monday afternoon
that the party had issued a whip for
the MLAs to vote in favour of the SP
candidates.
We have issued a whip and a
direction has been given to all the 28
(party) MLAs to be present in the state
capital on January 22 when they will
be given direction of the party high
command, Mathur said.
Giving reason for supporting the
SP candidates, Mathur said, It is a give

and take situation. As the SP had supported two Congressmen in the Rajya
Sabha polls in the past, this time we
are giving them our support.
Congress has 28 members in the
Assembly and the party could have
won a seat by managing three additional votes. But it did not field any
candidate and instead announced to
support the SP.
SP require just eight additional
votes for its eighth candidate.
Mathur said, We have directed all
the MLAs of the party to vote in favour
of the SP candidates and none else
even if the candidates get more than
the vote required.
However, Khatri maintained that
supporting the SP in the UP Council
polls did not mean that the Congress
would have truck with the party in
future. All the three political parties
in UP SP, BSP and BJP are enemies of the Congress and we will have
no relationship with any of them in
future, Khatri announced.
He said the Council elections
were exceptional as the party had to
choose between secular and communal forces, hence it decided to support
the SP candidates.
In the past, two Rajya Sabha
members of the Congress Pramod
Tiwari and PL Punia have been
elected unopposed from UP with the
support of the SP.
SP questions Modis silence

on leaders of RSS, VHP
set herself and her

three children on fire in
Awoman
he Samajwadi Party has quesJahanabad police station area of Ttioned Prime Minister Narendra
Azamgarh on Monday.
Modis silence on the statements of
Reports said while the 28year-old woman, Sunita of
Babura village and her two kids
Anshika (1) and Aditya (3) died
on the spot, the third child
Kshitij (5) sustained serious
burns and was admitted to the
district hospital. Sunitas husband works and lives in Delhi.
The reason behind the extreme
step is yet to be ascertained.
Surge of exultation sweeps

through achievers
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders
asking Hindu women to bear 5 to
10 children to protect Hindu
religion.
The VHP and RSS leaders are
vocal in asking Hindu women to
bear 10 children. This is against the
thinking of the Prime Minister
who speaks about Sabka Saath
Sabka Vikas. The Prime Minister
should clarify whether he ascribes

to such statements, SP spokesman
Rajendra Chowdhary told reporters
here on Monday.
He said the Prime Ministers
silence on this issue had created
confusion and if Modi really wanted development of all sections of
society, he should ask these leaders
to keep quiet.
And if he cannot do so, it is
clear that what the RSS, the VHP
and the Bajrang Dal activists are saying in public speeches is the actual
line of Bharatiya Janata Partys
thinking, the SP state spokesman
said. BJP MP from Unnao, Sakshi

Maharaj, has stirred a controversy
by asking Hindu women to bear
four kids. He has even asked Hindu
women to give one child to Sant
Samaj for propagation of Hindutava.
Another BJP leader in Burdwan
has also asked Hindus to adopt 5child norm while now VHP leaders
and a saint have said that the Hindu
women should bear 10 children.
Such statements are real threat
to the unity and integrity of the
country. The BJP leaders should
take action against such people,
Chowdhary said.
the convocation programme of

Lucknow University on
Monday.
Kratima Thakur bagged
three gold medals, including
the coveted Chancellors Gold
Medal. Student of MSc
(Chemistry), Kratima was elated over her success. She attended the convocation programme
along with her parents, brother and uncle. It is like a dream
come true for me to get the
Chancellors Gold Medal. I
always craved for it. I wanted
to pursue a career in academics.
Now I would go for research
and pursue PhD in Organic
Chemistry, she said.
Kratima was also declared
topper in her stream. Besides
the Chancellors Gold Medal,
she also got the RR Khanna
Gold Medal and Mac Mohan
Gold Medal.
Swati Singh, who bagged
11 Gold Medals, was on cloud
nine. She celebrated her success
with parents, friends and teachers. Her friends named her
Goldmine of LU because of 11
gold medals she got.
Speaking about her success
mantra, she said: Regular and
rigorous studies brought success to me. Besides my hard
work, the blessings of God, parents and teachers were also the
driving force behind my success.
Swatis father Ved Prakash
Singh is a review officer in UP
Secretariat. Swati also revealed
Kratima Thakur got

3 gold medals,
including the
coveted
Chancellors Gold
Medal. A student of
MSc (Chemistry),
Kratima attended
convocation along
with her parents,
brother and uncle
her wish to pursue PhD in
Mathematics.
Rashi Bakshi, who was
awarded the Chancellors Silver
Medal revealed her wish to
make a career in the banking
sector. Student of MBE, Rashi
was awarded the medal for
emerging as the best student in
all the faculties in post-graduate classes.
Another achiever Vandita
Srivastava bagged four gold
medals was in a rapturous
mood. Student of MA
(Economics), Vandita says: I
abide by the advice of my
teachers to perform well in
studies. Teachers helped me a
lot to sail through the crisis
whenever I faced any difficulty. The students should focus
more on qualitative study
instead of quantitative study to
ensure success. Vandita disclosed that she wanted to join
Civil Services. She added that
she had got a job as
Probationary Officer in State
Bank of India in Ahmedabad.
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Voluntary Organizations are eligible to apply for the
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District administration identifies land for proposed Theme Park

he district administration has identified a plot of land on Bijnor Road

for the state Governments proposed Theme Park project
Soon, a proposal in this regard will
be sent to the state Government.
The state Government had directed
the district administration to identify

suitable land for development of the proposed Theme Park, an ambitious project.
The proposed Theme Park is meant
for the rehabilitation of old-aged persons
and orphaned children.
In this connection, the Chief
Development Officer (CDO) of Lucknow,
Yogesh Kumar, visited three different sites
on Tuesday along with Additional

Municipal C ommissioner Vishal
Bhardwaj, and the District Probation
Officer Yogesh Saxena.
Out of the three alternative sites, the
one on Bijnor Road has been shortlisted. As per the land records, Plot No. 457
is usar land. It is a government land with
area measuring nearly 3.5 acres with a
wide road-facing margin of 300 feet and

a breadth of 450 feet approximately, said
the CDO, Yogesh Kumar.
Informing about the reasons for
its selection of the land was its proximity to Shaheed Path for better connectivity in the case of medical facilities
to be given to the elderly citizens compared to SGPGI which is four kilometres
away.
In case of orphaned children, its better for school connectivity, interestingly
one primary school is located within
50 metres named Jai Kishan Inter
College.
The tehsildar of Lucknow Municipal
Corporation, Desh Deepak Singh, has
been asked to prepare the draft propos-
SCWF to decide Kalbe

Jawwads case today
LDA tableau to highlight

development, London Eye

LUCKNOW
ucknow Development
Authority will be highlighting the developments of
Luckow and London Eye at
Janeshwar Mishra Park in its
tableau in the January 26
parade.
A senior official of
Lucknow
Development
Authority, which is nodal
department for the parade,
said there were over 16
tableaux.
The tableau of LDA will
be highlighting the development of Lucknow from the old
to the new. The London Eye,
that will be a part of Janeshwar
issuing an ultimatum
to the newly-appointed
After
mutawallis to hand over charge
within a week the Chairman of
the UP Shia Central Waqf
Board,Waseem Rizvi, had written a letter to the local police
to register a case against a former mutawalli. The Board will
take a decision on Maulana
Kalbe Jawwads case on
Tuesday.
It may be recalled that the
Chairman, UP Shia Central
Waqf Board, last week had
issued a week-long ultimatum to the three removed

mutawallis, including the Shia
cleric, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad,
Nawab Kazim Ali Khan and
Syed Faizi, to hand over charge
to the new mutawallis or else
an FIR would be lodged
against them.
Even after being issued
repeated notices, the three
removed mutawallis have not
handed over the charge to the
new ones. If they continue it
will be taken as illegal occupation of the waqf property.
We have sent a letter to the
police to register a case against
Syed Faizi as he had not handed over the charge, said the
Chairman of UPSCWB,
Waseem Rizvi.
When asked about
Maulana Kalbe Jawwad and
Kazim Ali Khan, he said that
the Board members would
meet on Tuesday during which
a decision would be taken on
Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, who
also had not handed over
charge to the new mutawalli.
But as Nawab Kazim Ali Khan
was out of station we would
wait for his return and know
about his stand on the orders,
he added.
PNS n LUCKNOW
Mishra Park, will be highlighted in the tableau, the official said.

The Forest departments
tableau will be the foremost
among those of other government departments.
The tableau of Forest
department will be followed by
those of City Montessori
School, Rashtriya Nirman
Nigam, Power Corporation,
State Election Commission,
Information department,
Sugar Federration, LPS,
Kiran Education, Tourism,
Samaj Kalyan, Lucknow
Development Authority,
Horticulture, Aminabad Inter
College and UP Police.
ASIs Kapilvastu museum to be inaugurated next month

SHARMILA KRISHNA n LUCKNOW
he Archaeological Survey of India

will be inaugurating its new museT
um at Kapilvastu in February. The
Superintending Archaeologist,
Archaeological Survey of India, Praveen
Mishra, while talking to The Pioneer
here on Monday said that this museum
would attract the international
Buddhist tourists in a big way because
it was directly associated with the life
of Gautam Buddha. It would showcase
150 objects from the 4th century BC to
the 3rd century AD, he said.
While highlighting the importance
of the museum, Mishra said, This will
get the international tourists in the
Buddhist Circuit in a big way. The sites
of Piprahawa and Ganwaria close to the
museum have been attracting a large
number of tourists from Korea,
Thailand and other countries as well as
the native people and the domestic
tourists. There is a great potential for
this new museum at Kapilvastu, especially for the Buddhist tourists, he said.
The Superintending Archaeologist
said that there would be two galleries
at the new museum.

There will be two galleries inaugurated which will showcase the excavations from the sites of Piprahawa and
Ganwaria that lie close to the museum.
The galleries will showcase the objects
related to Lord Buddha, terracotta
items and the replicas of the relics of
Buddha, he said. The Superintending
Archaeologist said that the museum
building was handed over to the
Archaeological Survey of India in 2009
by the state government.
There was a major demand from
the local people to develop the museum to highlight the excavations at the
sites of Kapilvastu. The ASI has been
working on the museum for the past
several years and the cost incurred on
it has been somewhere between Rs 2030 lakh.
The ancient site of Kapilvastu was
Buddhas native town and the capital of
his father, Shuddhodan, the chief of the
Sakya clan, who were priestly warriors,
wealthy knights and land owners.
Regarding the earlier excavations
carried out, the Superintending
Archaeologist, Praveen Mishra,
informed that in the year 1898 a colonial zamindar of Birdpur, William

Claxton Peppe, opened a large brick
stupa situated in Piprahwa village near
the Indo-Nepal border. From the top of
the mound and 24 feet under the earth
he encountered a covered slab-a massive sandstone coffer that weighed 697
kilograms and the weight of the lid
alone was 185 kilograms. The coffer
contained the objects, including a
steatite vase, an inscribed casket , a lotashaped steatite vase and a crystal vase,
polished to perfection. In addition to
the above, there were wooden and silver vessels . The vases were very rich
in their contents, the number of which
was several hundred. Apart from the
pieces of bone they contained gold
leaves impressed with various symbols.
After the discovery of the inscribed casket by WC Peppe in 1898 the ancient
site of Piprahwa caught the attention of
the indologists for the first time.
In the year 1899 Babu PC Mukherji
of the Archaeological Survey of India
was assigned the task of undertaking
explorations and excavations in the
Nepalese terai. In 1962 Debala Mitra
of the Archaeological Survey of India

conducted explorations and excavations
in the places famous as a part of the
ancient country of Kapilvastu and
remarked that the inscription on the
reliquary found within the main stupa
at Piprahwa coupled with Piprahwas
correspondence with Fa-hiens bearing
and distance of Kapilvastu in relation
to Lurnbini raises a strong presumption
for Piprahwa and its surrounding villages like Ganwaria being the site of
Kapilvastu.
In the seventies (1971-76) the
Archaeological Survey of India in the
direction of Krishna Mohan Srivastava
conducted an extensive excavation at
Piprahwa and Ganwaria which revealed
a stupa, various viharas and residential
complexes and terracotta sealings
inscribed with Kapilavastu term finally established this place as the ancient
site of Kapilvastu. The Archaeological
Survey of India started the excavation
in the year 1971 at Piprahwa under the
direction of KM Srivastava. The primary objective of the excavation was to
locate the lost town of ancient
Kapilvastu.
5-day internship at Amity LMC issues `6.50-lakh

LUCKNOW
notice to encroacher

LUCKNOW
five-day internship programme, Inspire-2015

was inaugurated at Amity
University on Monday. The
internship was organised as
joint venture of Amity
University and the department of Science and
Technology.
The chief guest on the
occasion was Nusrat Husain,
director of RML Institute,
along with KK Ohri, Pro ViceChancellor
of
Amity
University, and others.
Addressing the students,
Nuzrat Husain emphasised
the role of science in the modern age and said innovations
led the society towards better
future. There is no need to do
big to be innovative, little
things can also change the
human life. We must encourage the young minds to
become scientists. Students
utting an end to the 17year-old encroachment on

P
a Lucknow Municipal
Chief Nusrat Husain inaugurating Inspire-2015 at Amity University on Monday
should keep questioning and

focussed to find out their
answers, he said.
Talking about the importance of research works,
Husain said there was no competition because every innov-
ative mind had lots of original

ideas.
More than 200 meritorious students of schools will
interact with renowned scientists during this five-day
internship.
Corporations building by
Kaushal Seth situated on Wala
Qadar Road, it had served a
notice on him asking him to
pay nearly `6.5 lakh and vacate
it.
The house No 2 of LMC
situated on Wala Qadar Road
was allotted to the former
spokesperson of DAV College,
KN Seth, during his service
period. But after his death his
son, Kaushal Seth, illegally
occupied the house in the year
1997 after which a notice was
served on him to pay `4,86,000
as user and occupational
charges, said the Municipal
Commissioner, Uday Raj
Singh, in the notice issued on
Monday.
Even after the notice was
sent neither the user nor the
occupational charge was paid
nor was the property handed
over to the LMC.
Despite notices being sent
in the past no response was
given. Now the user and occupational charge will be
`6,55,340, at the rate of `500
per mensem. After the demise
of KN Seth the official allotment also ended so keeping the
property was considered as an
encroachment, said the
Municipal Commissioner.
The Lucknow Municipal
Corporation has issued a
warning that if the present
occupant failed to pay the user
and occupational charge and
hand over the said property,
which actually belonged to the
LMC, stern action will be taken
against him.
LUs Kala Mela wins Training on cane production

technology begins
hearts of visitors
Lucknow (PNS): The artistic fiesta of Lucknow University, Kala
Mela, organised at the Arts College, won the hearts of the visitors on the second day on Monday too. Art enthusiasts registered their presence on the second day of the Mela with the
same enthusiasm. Installation art based on current issues displayed at the Kala Mela was the centre of attraction for the
art lovers.
The young artists presented their art works at the Mela. Kriti
Kumar and her team said that they had tried to present the
womens issues through their art work with women achievers
like Mary Kom, Mother Teresa and Kiran Bedi, who had set
an example for the society. Second installation art Destroy
Nature made up of thermacol and wood was another attraction at the Kala Mela. The third installation art which projected
that medicine may prove as a boon, a life saver but its addiction can prove to be a curse. The artefact showcased a sand bottle with syringes all around. The young mind behind this installation art, Amit Singh, said that there was a need to spread
awareness so that medicines were not misused.
The other works displayed during the Kala Mela included
Hercules which turned out to be the art lovers favourite as it
succeeded in drawing the maximum eyeballs. Hercules was
completely made up of grass.

LUCKNOW
seven-day training on
advances in sugarcane production technology started at
Indian Institute of Sugarcane
Research in Lucknow on
Monday. The training was
inaugurated by IISR director
OK Sinha.
In his inaugural lecture,
Sinha elaborated on the sugarcane scenario in India and
remarked that information and
knowledge provided through
this training might be helpful
for trainee students in terms of
in-depth knowledge in sugarcane crop and sugarcane production technology.
This knowledge would be
of great help for students, espe-
IISR director OK Sinha delivering

lecture , on the sugarcane scenario in
India
cially in making career in sugarcane research, sugar industry

and input manufacturers company, he added.
A total of 20 students of
BSc (Agriculture), SHIATS
(Formerly
Allahabad
Agricultural University), are
participating in this residential
training.
According to training
incharge and principal scientist
AK Sah, during the training
programme, lecture sessions on
cane varieties, planting methods, seed cane production,
crop diversification, nutrient
management, micro-propagation, sugarcane diseases and
pests, post-harvest management, communication strategy
will be organised.
At the same time, learning-by-seeing sessions on
sugarcane production technology and sugarcane machines
will be organised to provide
practical exposure to the
trainees.
al to be submitted to the District

Magistrate, said the CDO.
In the theme park residential facilities for orphaned children and elderly citizens will be constructed with basic
amenities. Both the facilities will accommodate about 100 persons.
The minimum land required was
about one acre.
SCHOOLSCAN
CMS student selected
in top US universities
Dhairya Bansalwins
Mr Star Maker title
Dhairya Bansal, a student
of class II of City Montessori
School, Rajendra Nagar
(Campus II), won the title of
Mr Star Maker of Lucknow.
Dhairya participated in the
Kids Carnival organised by
Star Maker Foundation,
Lucknow, and performed excellently in all activities. Dhairya
displayed his talents in dancing
and singing, modelling, creative
art and other cultural activities
at the Kids Carnival.
Sanjana Gautam, a student

of City Montessori School,
Gomti Nagar (Campus I),
secured selection in top 3 universities of the USA. She has
been selected for admission in
the University of Cincinnati for
Environmental Engineering;
Illinois Institute of Technology
for Computer Science and
Seton Hall University for
Computer Science. Sanjana
attributed her success to her
parents, teachers and peaceful
atmosphere of CMS.
CITYBRIEFS
Muslims keen to go on Haj filling forms at UP Haj House in Lucknow on

Pioneer
Monday
Sun brings relief

The state capital continued to reel under cold day conditions
with the city recording a maximum temperature of 17 degree
Celsius, which was five notches below normal. However, the sun
appearing in the afternoon brought some relief. The forecast for
Lucknow is that there would be fog till the forenoon and clear
sky thereafter. The maximum and minimum temperatures are
expected to be around 18 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius,
respectively. The forecast for state is that the weather would
be dry with dense to very dense fog occurring at isolated
places. Cold day conditions would prevail at a few places in the
state.
Baby giraffe critical

The condition of baby giraffe continues to be extremely critical at the Lucknow Zoological Gardens. The newborn is not taking feed from mother Sujata. Zoo director Anupam Gupta said
the condition of baby giraffe was very critical as it is not able to
have milk. Doctors and keepers gave it goat milk early Monday
morning and it had very little milk in the evening. The newborn
is in an almost unconscious state.
Ban Demanded
Lucknow Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee has demanded a ban on Baba Ram Rahims film Messenger of God. The decision was taken in a meeting at Naka Hindola Gurudwara on
Monday. The meeting was presided over by Rajendra Singh Bagga.
Those who attended the meeting said there were multiple charges
of rape, attempt to murder and other allegations against Ram
Rahim.
World Wetlands Day

On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, which is observed
on February 2 every year, Centre for Environment Education
Northern Regional Cell (CEE North) is organising a poster-making competition at Regional Science City. The event will be followed by a prize distribution ceremony. Around 200 students from
10 schools of Lucknow will be expressing their thoughts on
Wetlands our future.
Self-Defence
In a bid to empower women of the state and to check cases
of harassment, chairperson of the State Commission for Women
Zarina Usmani has decided to ensure self-defence training to the
students of Rajkiya Balika Inter College. A self-defence workshop will be inaugurated at the Vikasnagar and Indiranagar
branches.
Programme
Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Grameen Safai Karmachari
Sangh under the aegis of Vikas Bhawan organised Swachh Bharat
programme on Monday.
Camp
To solve power issues in slum areas, Jann samasya Nivaran
Shivir will be organised at Azad Park (Thakurganj) on January
23 and at Lohia Park (Chowk) on January 28. This information
was given by District Magistrate Raj Shekhar.
Meeting
The management committee of Lucknow Chartered
Accountants Society elected new office bearers for 2015-16. CA
Shanker Mishra was elected the president, Dhurv Seth vice-president, Aswani Kumar secretary, Alok Narayan treasurer, Rajeev
Sharma, Reena Bhargava and Piyush Mishra members of the
Society. The Lucknow Chartered Accountants Society was established in 1998 with the aim to better equip chartered accountants so that they can discharge their statutory functions, collect statistics and statistical data on matters relating to finance,
industry and commerce.
nation 05
Security on alert ahead of Obamas R-Day visit

BSF deploys 12 additional units
along International Border in J&K
India does not need to adopt

hawkish foreign policy: Rijiju
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ndia does not need to adopt

a hawkish foreign policy
stance but has to be firm,
responsible and strong in its
resolve to deal with its neighbours, Minister of State for
Home, Kiren Rijiju, said here
on Monday.
UK warns India
of possible
attack by ISIS
he BSF has ramped up

security along the
T
International Border (IB) in
Jammu & Kashmir, deploying
12 additional companies (1,200
personnel) to thwart any infiltration bids by Pakistan-based
terror groups in view of US
President Barack Obamas visit
to India for participation in the
Republic Day celebrations here.
In the recent weeks, the
paramilitary has recorded a
surge in infiltration bids along
the IB in Jammu & Kashmir
and some recent intercepts
indicate that Pakistan-based
terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba is
planning to orchestrate an
attack in the State if they manage to sneak in.
The security at the IB has
been stepped up in the wake of
US President Barack Obamas
visit to the country next week.
As many as 12 BSF companies
have been deployed to reinforce
the existing deployments, the
sources said.
One operational BSF company comprises 100 personnel
in strength.
Minister of State for Home
Kiren Rijiju said whenever a
Head of State visits the country, security is stepped up.
This is part of the standard
protocol, the Minister added.
Infiltration attempts from
across the border are occurring
on a daily basis and dense fog
and winter chill is posing a
major challenge to the securi-
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r In Panaji, Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar said: The
reports of terrorists trying to
infiltrate from across the border
are unnecessarily linked with
Obama's visit. From Northern
Commands information this
happens every year.
ty forces deployed in this area.

Some intercepts a few days
back indicated that LeT is planning some major strike in the
country leading to the additional deployment and heightened
surveillance along this border.
The additional troops are
part of the special combat teams
of the BSF which are placed at
strategic locations to keep a
check on any illegal crossings
during the day or night.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made in the
national Capital and other places
also across the country in the
backdrop of the US Presidents
visit, who will be the chief guest
during the Republic Day parade
here on January 26. This is the
first time that a US President will
attend the function as chief
guest. Obama is also the first US
President to be visiting the
country twice during his stint as
New Delhi: Britain has warned

India about possible attack by
ISIS and said all efforts must
be taken to check activities of
the Middle-East terrorist
group. British officials have
conveyed this to their Indian
counterparts at the Indo-UK
Counter Terrorism Joint
Working Group meeting held
in London on January 15-16.
Officials said that during
the meeting, India had asked
Britain to impress upon
Pakistan not to differentiate
between good and bad terrorists in the wake of recent
attack on a school in Peshawar
and said that it must take a firm
stand on why Pakistan had
become a nursery of terrorists.
We have asked Britain to
be alert about possible attack by
Lashkar-e-Taiba there. Britain
in turn has warned us that an
attack by ISIS could take place
in India, an official said. Britain
was more focused on the ISIS
threat than from Pakistanbased terror groups.
head of State of that country.
A seven-layer security ring
will be put in place around the
VVIP enclosure at Rajpath for
the parade to be witnessed by
the US President, his entourage
and other dignitaries.
The BSF camel contingent during a rehearsal for the upcoming Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi on Monday
BSF to showcase maximum 5

marching contingents this year
PNS n NEW DELHI
worlds largest border

force, BSF, will get
Theguarding
the privilege of showcasing the
maximum of five marching contingents, including two on
camels and one on motorcycles,
at the Republic Day parade this
year where US President Barack
Obama is the chief guest.
All other paramilitary forces
like CRPF and ITBP besides the
Army, Navy and the Air Force
will have two squads (marching
and band) each on Rajpath.
BSF was scheduled to have
four contingents this time, a regular feature every year, but the
fifth squad of daredevil bikeborne Janbaaz was given a special entry, instead of the scheduled Army team, on the request
of the Union Home Ministry as
the force is celebrating its 50th
Saradha scam: TMC moves SC,

alleges Centre misusing CBI
PNS n NEW DELHI
he West Bengal Government and

the party in power Trinamool
Congress on Monday approached
Supreme Court for a court-monitoring
of the Saradha chit fund scam being
investigated by the CBI as it alleged that
the Centre was using the Investigating
Agency as a tool to target prominent
leaders of the party and destabilise the
Mamata Banerjee Government.
The two separate applications are
likely to be heard by the court this week
after it was mentioned before a Bench
headed by Justice TS Thakur. Senior
advocates Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha
appeared for West Bengal and TMC
respectively before the Bench seeking
an urgent hearing of the application on
Thursday. The applications were filed
in a disposed matter where court on
May 9, 2014 directed CBI to probe all
The applications were filed in

a disposed matter where the
SC on May 9, 2014 directed
CBI to probe all chit fund
scams, figuring over 500,
in Odisha and West Bengal
chit fund scams, figuring over 500,
in Odisha and West Bengal. The
Bench assured the counsels that the
matter will be heard this week.
The State in its application even
sought curbs on media reporting of the
case as it accused the CBI of deliberate
leaks to the media and a media trial
based on unfounded allegations. On the
role of agency, the State Government
pointed out that the agency was lax in
completing investigation into the
Saradha chit fund cases which aided the
accused to be enlarged on bail. The State
demanded a direction for CBI to expedite investigation of Saradha case and

equally focus on non-Saradha cases.
The other application by TMC
said, It appears that CBI is now
merely acting as an instrument in
the hands of the ruling
Government at the Centre
and seems to be conducting
the investigation to strategically target prominent leaders of one political party
(being TMC) so as to destabilise
the State Government and try
to leave the party bereft of leaders at the
helm; in line with the political agenda
of the ruling Government at Centre.
Blaming CBI of conducting unfair
and partial probe, it pointed out that
members of BJP and Central
Government have prior information of
steps to be taken by CBI. It pointed out
several instances to highlight this fact.
Railways seeks
suggestions to
raise revenues
PNS n NEW DELHI
an aim to improve all

related to Railways,
Withaspects
the Ministry of Railways has
invited suggestions from the
general public to increase its revenue and reduce expenditure.
Suggestions have also been
sought to reduce purchase cost
of fuel and finding new avenue
streams for the Railways.
A senior Railways official
said that the aim of such an
engagement is to help the
Railways come closer to citizens
and better understand challenges that they experience and
ensure that most important areas
from a citizens perspective find
place in the Railways priorities.
The written suggestion can be
posted on its official website in
not more than 1,000 words.
Cash-strapped Railways
require `1.18 lakh crore for 359
ongoing projects. Railway
Minister Suresh Prabhu has
already held deliberations with
industry bodies and chambers
in the run up to the Railway
Budget which is expected to be
presented in the last week of
February. Prabhu earlier this
month invited suggestions from
the public to make the forthcoming Budget citizen-oriented.
Suggestions have also been
invited on introduction of new
trains, extension of trains, augmentation of trains, frequency of
trains, pantry cars and catering,
railway lines, road over and
under bridges, crime prevention,
safe running of trains, disaster
management among others.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fijian Attorney-General and the Minister for
Finance, Public Enterprises, Public Service and Communications at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday
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anniversary of raising this year,

official sources said.
The bike-borne devils perform their stunts on Republic
Day alternatively in the BSF
and Army teams. This time it
was the Armys turn but a special case was made for BSF in
view of its golden jubilee.
The bullet motorcycle riding Janbaaz stuntmen are
record holders in various events
on their 350cc-Enfield bikes
and the 210-strong team will
perform over 13 acrobatic
manoeuvres during the parade.
The bikers are trained at
BSFs Central School of Motor
Transport, part of the BSF
Academy, Tekanpur.
Their name has featured in
the Limca Book of World
Records. In 2006, Janbaaz created two new world records by
forming a Human Pyramid of 26
ising non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) has begun
R
to ring alarm bells particularly for India with a WHO report
released on Monday stating
that the probability of dying
from the disease among people
in the 30 to 70-year age group
has increased to 26.2 per cent
in 2012 from 26.1 per cent in
2010 in the country.
It is worst than almost the
whole of sub-Saharan Africa
and South Asia. As per the
WHO, the four main NCDs are
cardiovascular diseases, cancer,
diabetes or chronic respirator y diseases which have
emerged as the leading cause of
fatalities globally.
Switzerland fares the best
with a 9.2 per cent chance and
Tajikistan the worse with a
New Delhi: India has said a polite

no' to the US for its proposal that
only the American snipers be
deployed on the rooftops of
buildings overlooking Rajpath
during the Republic Day parade
where President Barack Obama
will be the chief guest. With
preparations for the high-profile
visit beginning January 25 entering
the last leg, top security officials of
the two countries are engaged in
sorting out such issues about
deployment and other aspects
related to protection of the world's
most secured leader. Furnishing a
list of demands to their Indian
counterparts, the US Secret
Services officials wanted rooftops
overlooking Rajpath as an
exclusive domain for their men.
This was politely turned down,
officials involved in the
arrangements said, adding the US
officials were asked not to interfere
in the security set up as the Indian
officials are well trained and
equipped to provide protective
cover for the VVIP.
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he Bill that will pave the way for

DNA profiling to identify unclaimed
T
dead bodies will be introduced in the
coming Budget Session of Parliament,
the Centre informed the Supreme Court
on Monday.
Dealing with a PIL filed by NGO
Lokniti, the court had asked the Centre
to explore if DNA profiling of dead bodies can be done as a step to ascertain
their identities. Additional Solicitor
General (ASG) Neeraj Kishan Kaul
informed the Court that this will be
made possible through a bill titled The
Human DNA Profiling Bill likely to be
introduced in the coming
Budget Session subject to
approval by Cabinet.
Initially, the bill did
not incorporate this provision but was later introduced after an Expert
Committee headed by
Professor TS Rao recommended the same. The
Bill provides for a DNA
databank of several categories of persons
for purpose of crime detection and
investigation of unidentified bodies figuring close to over 40,000.
While this will require a minimum
of 400 DNA examiners and a cost of over
`80 crore each year, at present, India has
only 30-40 DNA technical examiners in
its forensic laboratories. To profile 1.2
billion population, an estimated 1,000
DNA examiners will be needed.
Based on the statement of ASG, the
bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra
adjourned the PIL filed by NGO Lokniti
Foundation to April, hoping the Bill to
be tabled in Parliament by then.
PROBABILITY OF DYING
FROM THE DISEASE
AMONG PEOPLE IN THE
30 TO 70-YEAR AGE
GROUP HAS
INCREASED TO 26.2 PER CENT IN 2012
FROM 26.1 PER CENT IN 2010 IN INDIA
whopping 40.8 per cent chance
of a premature NCD death.
Out of the world's 56 million
deaths, NCDs were responsible
for 68 per cent 38 million
deaths in 2012 making it the
leading cause of death globally, the report said.
India, in this report, has
been categorised as a low-middle income country. Shanthi
Mendes, lead author of the
stuntmen riding on just 3 Royal

Enfield Bullet motorcycles, covering a distance of 1 km in 1
minute 16 seconds. The other
record was created by having 40
stuntmen ride on just 1 Bullet
motorcycle covering a distance
of 32 meters in 48.11 seconds.
Apart from the regular
foot marching contingent followed by the brass band teams,
the BSF will also showcase its
camel contingent and the
camel-mounted band team.
Incidentally, the camelmounted band had performed
before Obama when he visited
India in November 2010.
One of the camels in this
team, 16-year-old Sangram will
participate in its last Republic
Day parade this time as it is set
to retire later this year. It has
performed at Rajpath 10 times
in the past.
India turns down

only US snipers
proposal
DNA proofing
Bill likely to be
introduced in
Budget Session
Probability of NCD death on rise: WHO

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Idea of
India is as a
symbol of
peace. There
is no need to
adopt hawkish (foreign)
policy. We are
naturally a soft
power. But
soft does not mean weak. We
have to be firm, responsible and
strong in our resolve, he said at
the NIA Day function.
Terming that Indias basic
behaviour is soft, the Minister
said, We must not agree to a
posture of war but have to be
firm and responsible, besides
being a stable power.
Meanwhile, lauding the
NIA, he said, There have been
apprehensions among the
States about organisations like
NIA and NCTC. But the NIA
has proved that the apprehensions were ill-founded.
Earlier, delivering the second RV Raju memorial lecture
on
Pakistan
and
Neighbourhood: A Hawkish
Agenda, senior journalist
Shekhar Gupta underscored
various aspects of Indias influence, including its democracy,
on the neighbouring countries.
We can have good influence on our neighbours, we can
have bad influence on our
neighbours. Neighbours always
look upon usEvery time
Government change (happens)
in India peacefully, it tells all its
neighbours that this is what a
country should do, Gupta said.
Late RV Raju was the first
DG of NIA.
report said, India has the

resources. It needs to strengthen its primary health care system
in an integrated way not with a
vertical approach and working
on universal health care coverage. India has reached the space
age but what about its people?
The report states that most
premature NCD deaths are
preventable. Of the 38 million
lives lost to NCDs in 2012, 16
million or 42 per cent were premature and avoidable up

from 14.6 million in 2000.
The report has called for
more action to be taken to curb
the epidemic, particularly in
low-and middle-income countries, where deaths due to NCDs
are overtaking those from infectious diseases. Almost three
quarters of all NCD deaths (28
million), and 82 per cent of the
16 million premature deaths,
occur in low-and-middleincome countries.
The nine targets include
reduction in harmful use of
alcohol, insufficient physical
activity, salt/sodium intake,
tobacco use and hypertension,
halt the rise in diabetes and of
obesity, and improve coverage
of treatment for prevention of
heart attacks and strokes, as per
the report.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakin hands with Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera at a meeting in New
Delhi on Monday
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HRD clears decks for IN SHORT

pro-VC at varsity
PM MODI TO TRAVEL TO
GERMANY IN APRIL
DEEPAK KUMAR JHA n

NEW DELHI
ith Vice-Chancellor of
Viswa-Bharati
W
Shantiniketan Prof Sushanta
Datta Gupta embroiled in a
slew of controversies, the HRD
Ministry has cleared the decks
for the appointment of a proV-C at the university, a move
seen to clip the wings of the
incumbent V-C.
While sources said that the
Datta Gupta is likely to proceed
on leave at the backdrop of several enquiries pending against
him at the HRD Ministry and
vigilance levels, Prof Chakradhar
Tripathi will now be the interim V-C designated as the proV-C of Viswa-Bharati.
Tripathis name has been
cleared and sent for approval to
the Visitor (president). A Hindi
teacher specialising in Medieval
and Modern Hindi poetry at
the university, Tripathi had
called on HRD Minister Smriti
Irani last week.
While the HRD Ministry is
already enquiring into several
complaints against the V-C
including his alleged misappropriation of funds, vigilance
enquiries are also pending
against him at the Central
Vigilance Commission. Besides
several other complaints of
irregularities in appointments
matters, Datta Gupta has also
been accused of claiming pensions as a pensioner from
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Datta Gupta was found
guilty of sexual harassment of
a woman colleague in 2005 by
Manmohan is still
the Viswa-Bharati
Chancellor
espite eight months since

Narendra Modi became
D
the Prime Minister, his predecessor Manmohan Singh
continues to be the Chancellor
(Acharya) of the high profile
central university ViswaBharati as per the varsity's
website. Interestingly, however, the university does mention
Singh as the former PM.
a Ministerial Committee set up
by the Centre. He was asked to
step down immediately.
Thereafter, he allegedly
harassed another woman
employee in the university who
is working as a museum guide.
The employee concerned made
a complaint to the National and
State Womens Commission
and the matter is also under
investigation.
The UPA Government had
also selected him for a Padma
award but his name came
under controversy after the
National Commission for
Women (NCW) had written to
the then Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh seeking the
decision to be overturned.
NCW alleged Datta Gupta
was found guilty of sexual
harassment by a ministerial
committee set up by the minister of science and technology in 2005. The Centre did not
go ahead with conferring the
award to him as a result.
New Delhi: Prime Minister

Narendra Modi will travel to
Germany in April when India will
be the partner country at the
Hannover Fair. Conveying this to
German Finance Minister
Wolfgang Schuble who called
on him here, Modi said he was
looking forward to the visit to
meet Chancellor Angela Merkel
whom he had first met in
Australia on the sidelines of G-20
Summit in October last year.
DHOWAN ON FOUR-DAY
MAURITIUS TOUR
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral

RK Dhowan on Monday left on a
four-day visit to Mauritius to
consolidate the ties and to
explore new avenues of defence
cooperation. The Admiral, jointly
with his counterpart, Commissioner of Police, will inaugurate
the data flow of the information
exchange on white shipping
(merchant marine) for greater
maritime domain awareness to
the mutual benefit of both the
countries. He will also meet
government and defence officials
during his stay in Mauritius, an
official statement said.
RLYS 12.23% JUMP IN

FREIGHT EARNINGS
New Delhi: Indian Railways has

posted over 12 per cent growth
in earnings from freight traffic
between April and December,
2014. While it had earned
`67,705.11 crore from freight
traffic during April-December
2013, it collected `75,986.04
crore in the corresponding
period last year the increase
in revenue standing at 12.23 per
cent, the Government said in a
statement here.
city/nation 06
Pahlaj Nihalani is new BJPs candidates for Delhi polls IN SHORT

Censor Board chairman
SC STAYS PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST VIJAYAKANTH
Vani Tripathi,
Ashoke Pandit
among nine
members named
PTI n NEW DELHI
ilmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani

was on Monday appointed
as the new Censor Board chairman along with nine other
members, many of whom have
a BJP connection, days after
Leela Samson resigned as its
chief alleging interference by
the Government in its matters.
Nihalani has produced
films like Aankhen, Talaash:
The Hunt Begins... and Shola
Aur Shabnam.
An official statement
released by the Information &
Broadcasting Ministry here
said Nihalani has been appointed CBFC chairperson in an
honorary capacity for a period
of three years or until further
orders, whichever is earlier.
Among those nominated
as members of Central Board
of Film Certification (CBFC)
are BJP leader Vani Tripathi
Tikoo, Vice Chancellor of
Central University of Gujarat
Professor Syed Abdul Bari,
filmmakers Chandra Prakash
Pahlaj Nihalani
File photo
Dwivedi and Ashoke Pandit

and film-writer Mihir Bhuta.
Apart from Tikoo, there are
several others with a BJP connection.
Actor George Baker contested on a BJP ticket from
Howrah in the 2014 Lok Sabha
elections, Tamil playwright S
Ve Sekhar joined the BJP a couple of years ago and actor-filmmaker Jeevitha also had entered
BJP last year.
Another member Ramesh
Patange is the editor of a
Marathi weekly magazine. The
board members will also have

a three-year term.
Samson had quit from the
board alleging interference by
the Government. Her resignation had triggered a war of
words with I&B Minister Arun
Jaitley denying allegations levelled by Samson and asserting
that the NDA Government
maintains arms length distance in matters relating to
Film certification.
Following Samsons resignation, several other board
members also announced their
decision to quit. Jaitley dismissed charges levelled by the
resigning board members and
called them rebels without a
cause.
Nine resignations had earlier been received and accepted by the Ministry apart from
that of the Chairperson. In case
we receive more resignations,
we may make appointments as
per the due process, a senior
official said.
As per the Cinematograph
Act, the board shall consist of
a chairman and not less than 12
and not more than 25 other
members appointed by the
central government.
Before Samson had
resigned as chairperson, apart
from her there were 23 other
members on the board panel.
Keema & papad

go global, find
berths in Oxford
English dictionary
CPM: Ordinance on land

acquisition anti-poor
PTI n KOLKATA
the global popularity of Indian food, a number

Reflecting
of Indian words like keema and
papad have been accepted in the
Oxford English dictionary for the
first time.
The ninth edition of the
Oxford Advanced Learners
Dictionary, released here on
Monday, has included over 240
words from Indian English.
Many of these new words are
commonly used in Indian
kitchens such as keema (finely
chopped meat), papad (thin
wafer) and cooking ingredients
like curry leaf. English is a global language and carries influences
from all over the world. Indian
food is popular all over the
world. We did these inclusions
in the dictionary to reflect the
global usage of words, Patrick
White, Head of ELT Dictionaries
and Reference Grammar at
Oxford University Press, told PTI
during the launch.
Over 60 per cent of the new
Indian English words come from
Hindi. These new words were
selected based on the frequency
of their use and are assessed by
experts from all over the world.
We scan new words from all
over the world and then select
which ones deserve a mention
based on the frequency of its
usage, said White who leads a
team of 20 editors and technicians responsible for creating all
ELT (English language teaching)
dictionary and reference grammar products. Over the years,
around 900 to 1,000 Indian
words have found its place in the
Oxford dictionary. But this
time the number of inclusions is
huge, he said. The ninth edition
of the dictionary has over 900
new words. About 20 per cent of
the new words are from the
world of online and social media
activities like troll, catfish, twitterati, tweetable, tweetheart,
unfriend, selfie, etc.
PNS n NEW DELHI
he CPI(M) on Monday
termed
the
Black
Ordinance on land acquisition
as utterly anti-poor and antifarmer. The partys three-daylong central committee meeting which began on Hyderabad
said this Ordinance is totally
authoritarian.
The Central Committee of
the CPI(M) condemns the Black
Ordinance amending the Land
Act of 2013, brought by the
Modi Government and calls for
the widest mobilisations of the
kisans and rural poor to force its
reversal. The Modi Government
has shown its contempt for
Parliament and democratic
norms by adopting the ordinance route in its eagerness to
satiate the demands of corporates and FDI.
The Ordinance is both
authoritarian in its method
and utterly anti-farmer and
anti-rural poor in its substance, said the resolution of
the central committee meeting.
The Left party accused the
Modi Government of inserting
several clauses surreptitiously
to favour corporate interests.
The ordinance did away with
the differences between land
The Ordinance is both

authoritarian in
its method and utterly
anti-farmer and
anti-rural poor in
its substance
CPM RESOLUTION
acquisitions of the Government
or public sector projects and
private sector projects, said
CPI(M). The party also pointed out that the earlier provisions of time limit for land
acquirers to finish the project
were also removed to favour
the corporate interests to retain
the land even without fulfilling
the project.
The Ordinance is thus
totally against the interest of
farmers. The CPI(M) had been
critical of the earlier Act of
2013 for being inadequate in its
protection of farmers and other
project affected sections. But
this Ordinance eliminates even
the protections which were
included in the Act after the
struggle of farmers, their
democratic organisations and
the Left parties, the CPI(M)
maintained.
Sl.
AC No.
AC Name
Name of Candidate
Sl.
AC No.
AC Name Name of Candidate
32.
35
Najafgarh
Ajeet Kharkhari
1.
1
Nerela
Neeldaman Khatri
2.
2
Burari
Gopal Jha
33.
36
Bijwasan
Sat Prakash Rana
3.
3
Timarpur
Rajni Abbi-W
34.
37
Palam
Dharamdev Solanki
35.
38
Delhi Cantt
Karan Singh Tanwar
4.
4
Adarsh Nagar
Ram Kishan Singhal
5.
5
Badli
Rajesh Yadav
36.
39
Rajinder Nagar
Sardar RP Singh
6.
6
Rithala
Kulwant Rana
37.
40
New Delhi
Nupur Sharma-W
38.
41
Jangpura
MS Dheer
7.
7
Bawana (SC)
Gugan Singh
8.
8
Mundka
Master Azad Singh
39.
42
Kasturba Nagar
Ravindra Choudhary
9.
9
Kirari
Anil Jha
40.
44
RK Puram
Anil Sharma
41.
46
Chhatarpur
Brahm Singh Tanwar
10.
10
Sultanpur Majra (SC) Prabhu Dayal Sai
11.
11
Nangloi Jat
Manoj Shokeen
42.
47
Deoli (SC)
Arvind Kumar
43.
48
Ambedkar Nagar (SC) Ashok Chouhan
12.
12
Mangol Puri (SC)
Shri Surjeet
13.
13
Rohini
Vijendra Gupta
44.
49
Sangam Vihar
HCL Gupta
14.
14
Shalimar Bagh
Rekha Gupta-W
45.
52
Tughlakabad
Vikram Vidhuri
15.
15
Shakur Basti
SC Vats
46.
53
Badarpur
Rambir Vidhuri
47.
54
Okhla
Brahm Singh Vidhuri
16.
16
Tri Nagar
Nand Kishore Garg
17.
17
Wazirpur
Mahendra Nagpal
48.
55
Trilokpuri (SC)
Kiran Vaidhya-W
49.
56
Kondli (SC)
Hukum Singh
18.
18
Model Town
Vivek Garg
19.
19
Sadar Bazar
Praveen Jain
50.
57
Patparganj
Vinod Kumar Binni
20.
20
Chandni Chowk
Suman Kumar Gupta
51.
58
Laxmi Nagar
BB Tyagi
52.
59
Vishwas Nagar
OP Sharma
21.
21
Matia Mahal
Anjuman Dahalwi
22.
22
Ballimaran
Shyam Morwal
53.
60
Krishna Nagar
Kiran Bedi-W
23.
23
Karol Bagh (SC)
Yogendra Chandolia
54.
61
Gandhi Nagar
Jitendra Choudhary
55.
63
Seema Puri (SC)
Karam Vir Chandel
24.
24
Patel Nagar (SC)
Krishna Tirath-W
25.
25
Moti Nagar
Subhash Sachdeva
56.
64
Rohtas Nagar
Jitendra Mahajan
26.
26
Madipur (SC)
Rajkumar Phulwaria
57.
65
Seelampur
Sanjay Jain
58.
66
Ghonda
Sahib Singh Chouhan
27.
29
Tilak Nagar
Rajeev Babbar
28.
30
Janakpuri
Jagdish Mukhi
59.
67
Babarpur
Naresh Gaur
60.
68
Gokalpur (SC)
Ranjeet Kashyap
29.
32
Uttam Nagar
Pawan Sharma
61.
69
Mustafabad
Jagdish Pradhan
30.
33
Dwarka
Praduman Rajput
62.
70
Karawal Nagar
Mohan Singh Visht
31.
34
Matiala
Rajesh Gehlot
Source: http://www.bjp.org/en/media-resources/press-releases/press-1st-list-of-bjp-candidates-for-legislative-assembly-elections-for-delhi
Modi seeks...
From Page 1
Modi called for setting up
of a consortium of nations
with potential in solar energy
and said they could join hands
with India in innovation and
cutting-edge research that
would reduce the cost of solar
energy, making it more accessible to the people.
Chairing the first meeting
of the reconstituted Prime
Ministers Council on Climate
Change here, Modi said that
instead of focusing on emissions and cuts alone, focus
should shift to what we have
done for clean energy generation, energy conservation and
energy efficiency and what
more can be done in these
areas, a PMO statement said.
He called for a careful eval-
SC allows Delhi Police to use red beacon

PNS n NEW DELHI
he Supreme Court on
Monday allowed Delhi
Police to use red beacon lights
on its official vehicles after the
Court modified its earlier decision restricting red beacon to
high constitutional functionaries alone.
An application by Delhi
Police challenged the December
10, 2013 order issued by the apex
court which allowed police,
ambulance, fire and other emergency services to use beacon
light which was blue, white or
multicolour, but not red.
The bench, also comprising
Justices AK Sikri and RK
Agarwal, accepted the Delhi
Police plea to use red beacon
BJP to bask in Kiran's...

From Page 1
The BJPs Parliamentary
Boards decision to announce
Bedi as its chief ministerial candidate is a complete departure
from its earlier stand of relying
solely on Prime Minister Modi
as the face of the party wherever it goes to polls. It is obvious that the BJP is trying to
cash in on the clean image and
popularity of Bedi. The decision primarily aims at countering Arvind Kejriwal with
whom she had parted ways following formation of the AAP.
However, the announcement was on expected lines as

Bedi had assumed the centre
stage as soon as she was inducted into the party four days ago,
leading to some voices of dissent emerging within the party.
Earlier in the day the BJP
top brass pulled up MP Manoj
Tiwari for hitting out at Bedi on
Sunday.
Tiwari was quoted by a TV
channel as saying on Sunday: I
didnt like the way she spoke to
BJP workers a few days ago. I
wasnt there...but this is the
uation of all the initiatives that

have been taken by India in this
regard. These include initiatives
in solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy and transportation projects that have reduced
distances or travel times.
Modi said India saw the
global concern and awareness
on Climate Change as a great
opportunity for working
towards improving the quality
of life of its citizens and making a positive contribution for
mankind.
He also directed ministries
to prepare a concept note on
uncovered areas like health,
urban waste management,
coastal areas and wind energy,
while dealing with climate
change as these are not covered
under the ongoing missions.
The ministries concerned

have been asked to work on these
new areas and prepare a concept
note in the next four to five
months. Once the concept is
finalized, the funds will be allocated accordingly, a source said.
Modi asked the ministries
to ensure the existing eight missions run in a more focused
manner and deliver the results.
These include missions on
solar energy, enhanced energy
efficiency, sustainable habitat,
water,
sustaining
the
Himalayan ecosystem, green
India, sustainable agriculture,
and strategic knowledge for climate change.
I think this was a good
start. I hope further interactions will happen. ...We discussed a wide range of subjects.
...Members also gave suggestions, Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar told
feedback Ive got from workers.

She should be humble. She has
been brought on as a BJP
worker. She is not the Chief
Ministerial candidate so far.
He was further quoted as
saying, We dont need someone like a policeman. We need
a leader who can take everyone
along.
Following his comments
on Bedi, the Minister was summoned by senior BJP leaders
for voicing his dissent after an
upset Bedi called the party
leadership.
based on a mix of scientific reasoning and practical

realties. Red light has
the maximum wavelength, maximum scattering and thus has
maximum penetration
through dust, fog, night
time or low visibility
conditions. This theory
has sound scientific
basis under the Rayleigh Theory
which states that intensity of
light is inversely proportional to
the wavelength.
Further, the application by
the Delhi Police said that red
colour has traditionally been
used as a cautionary sign to
alert people by both police and
Army in the past. This even met
their genuine operational neces-
sities. Even globally, red colour

is used to indicate danger and caution to
public. The application cited examples of
USA,
Canada,
Australia, Japan, and
South Korea where red
colour was used by
police, ambulance and
emergency services.
In its judgment passed in
December 2013 the bench came
down hard against the misuse
of red beacons by all and
sundry and limited its use to
constitutional functionaries in
the Union and state level. The
Court gave three months time
to Centre and states to enlist the
high constitutional functionaries entitled to red beacon.
On Monday, the young

leader sought to play down his
earlier comments by saying,
We are very happy that Kiran
Bedi has joined the BJP, we welcome her.
Calling the decision unanimous, BJP president Amit
Shah announced 65-year-old
Bedi as the partys CM candidate after a marathon meeting
of the CEC and the
Parliamentary Board of the
party.
Shah, while declaring her
name was all praises for her and
highlighted her role as an anticorruption crusader, a social
activist and boasted about her
academic credentials.
Bedi, who was in Rohini

after concluding her first road
show, was called to the BJP
headquarters at Ashoka Road
where Shah made the
announcement.
He said the BJP would
contest the crucial polls for
the 70-member Assembly
under Bedis leadership and
also made her the chief of the
BJPs poll campaign.
The Parliamentary Board
meeting was attended by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
and
External
Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj among
others.
Prez raps Silver ornaments looted BJP will form

noisy Opp...
next government
F
in UP: Mathur
From Page 1
Amid speculation that the Government
may convene a joint session of Parliament to
pass legislations in view of the deadlock in the
Rajya Sabha where it does not have a majority, Mukherjee said passage of legislations in that
manner is not practicable. I have seen from
1952 till today, only four times laws were passed
by the joint session, he said.
Pushing for political parties to engage in
consultation process rather than adopting a disruptive route, the President said there is a growing tendency to resort to disruption as a means
of Parliamentary intervention which leads to
loss of time, resources, and paralyses policy formulation. The cardinal principle of
Parliamentary democracy is that the majority has the mandate to rule while Opposition
has the right to oppose, expose, and if the numbers permit, to depose. But, under no circumstances should there be disruption of the
proceedings. A noisy minority cannot be
allowed to gag a patient majority, he said.
our miscreants riding two motorcycles looted over eight kilograms of silver ornaments from a couple in Ashiyana
on Monday night.
However, the police doubted the loot
report and were yet to register a case.
According to reports, Saudamini Rai, a
dealer of silver jewellery in Nishatganj,
and her husband Rituraj delivered the
ordered ornaments to Kanha Jewellers
shop in Ashiyana on Monday and then
left for another destination. They were on
a scooty and kept a bag filled with silver
ornaments between the seat and
handlebar.
Saudamini Rai said that when they
reached near a temple at Pakri Ka Pul,
the four miscreants came from behind
and one of the pillion riders snatched the
bag and fled the scene. She said her husband tried to chase the miscreants but
they disappeared. Rai said they returned
to the jewellers shop in Ashiyana and
later informed the police control room
about the loot. She said a police team
reached the place about an hour after the

information after which they went to the
police station to lodge a report. The
police, however, doubted the incident saying there were several inconstancies in the
details giver by the couple. The incident,
however, exposed the laxity in police
patrolling in the area. It may be mentioned here that the SSP has given strict
directives to the cops to remain present
on the roads and increase vigil. The area
where the alleged loot took place is frequented by youngsters due to presence
of model liquor shop and fast food stalls.
Surprisingly, a police team remains on
picket duty at the Pakri Ka Pul crossing
also.
Meanwhile, two unidentified miscreants riding a motorcycle snatched the
purse of a woman, Mithilesh of Gomti
Nagar, on Monday night. She had gone
to Viram Khand to visit a relative and was
getting down from the rickshaw at the
gate when the miscreants snatched her
purse and escaped. The police denied the
incident saying that no report was
lodged in this connection.
Lucknow (PNS): Bharatiya

Janata Partys state in-charge
Om Prakash Mathur claimed
that his party would form the
next government in Uttar
Pradesh with full majority.
Addressing mediapersons,
Mathur said the next chief
minister of Uttar Pradesh
would be from the BJP and
belong to the state. He also said
that the partys membership
drive was in full swing and was
touching new landmarks with
each passing day. Mathur said
the number of BJP members in
the state had increased from 33
lakh to 92 lakh and very soon
the figure would cross the one
crore mark. The BJP state in-
charge also expressed concern

over the present law and order
in UP. He said crime against
women had increased in the
state and people now had no
faith on police. He said the BJP
was concentrating on the 2017
Assembly elections in UP and
was ready to face any challenge
as the party was doing a lot of
homework for the polls.
Speaking at the press meet,
Member of Parliament Mahant
Yogi Adityanath said that
Bharatiya Janata Party was the
biggest political party of the
world and all efforts were being
made by the party workers to
add 10 crore members in the
country.
reporters after the meeting.

The Prime Minister guided the deliberations and said
India should look to this problem as an opportunity to act
more vigorously and at the
same time project the countrys
contribution effectively to the
world, he added.
The 18-member panel
meeting was attended by
External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, Urban
Development
Minister
Venkaiah Naidu, Water
Resources Minister Uma
Bharti, Agriculture Minister
Radha Mohan Singh, and
Power Minister Piyush Goyal.
The meeting was also attended by TERI chief RK Pachauri,
economist Nitin Desai and
retired
diplomat
Chandrasekhar Dasgupta and
other members of the council.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court

on Monday stayed the summons
issued by a lower court to DMDK
leader and actor Vijayakanth on a
criminal defamation complaint
filed against him by Tamil Nadu
Government for his alleged
criticism of the Aavin milk scam.
A Bench headed by Justice Dipak
Misra, besides staying the
operation of the summons,
issued notices to the Centre and
Tamil Nadu Government on
Vijayakanth's plea seeking
quashing of the criminal
defamation case.
TOILET USE SHALL BE A

LIFESTYLE CHOICE
New Delhi: Toilet use shall be
promoted as a lifestyle choice of
all, Urban Development Minister
Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday
as he explained that the
Government plans to build one
crore toilets in urban areas for
which over `2 lakh crore in both
urban and rural areas will be
spend over the next five years.
Speaking as the World Toilet
Congress' in the capital, he also
elaborated on a three pronged
strategy of promoting awareness
about the need for cleanliness,
ensuring necessary
infrastructure and resorting to
penal measures to ensure total
sanitation in the country.
RAMDEV SUPPORTS
SWACHCHH BHARAT
New Delhi: Yoga Guru Baba
Ramdev on Monday met Urban
Development Minister Venkaiah
Naidu and assured support to
the Swachchh Bharat mission
launched by Prime Minister
Naredra Modi. Terming the
Cleanliness Mission as a very
noble initiative by the
Government', Ramadev said that
he would promote awareness
about the need for total
sanitation as a part of all his
campaigns across the country.
Partys decision
not a surprise,
says Kiran Bedi

Naxals kill
day one of her entry
two men after From
into politics through the
former IPS officer has been
branding them BJP,
projecting herself as the partys
ministerial candidate even
as informers chief
as the move ruffled a few feath-
Raipur: Maoists kidnapped

two villagers and killed them
after branding them as police
informers in Chhattisgarh's
insurgency-hit Narayanpur
district, police said on
Monday. Ramlal and Manter,
natives of Aatpal and Bailapad
villages respectively, were
murdered by the rebels who
branded them as police
informers, Narayanpur SP
Amit Tukaram Kamble told
PTI. As per preliminary investigation, the duo was abducted by Naxalites on January 14
from their respective places.
After their interrogation, the
ultras held a kangaroo court
on Saturday evening where
they executed the two villagers, the SP said. The bodies of the victims were recovered in a forest under
Farasgaon police station limits yesterday. Prime facie, it
appears that they were strangulated to death, Kamble said,
adding that the post-mortem
would ascertain the exact
cause of their death. After
being informed about the
incident, security personnel
were rushed to the spot to
recover the bodies. A search
operation has been launched
in the region to trace the
assailants, he added.
PTI
ers within the State unit of the

party. For her, the announcement by the BJP top leadership
on Monday did not come as a
surprise. As she claims her
plans for Delhi till 2020 is all
chalked out. Speaking to The
Pioneer, Bedi said after her 6-P
formula, she has now formulated a '5-S' strategy towards
developing the national Capital.
She thanked the top party leadership for making her the CM
candidate.
Her idea is to bring alignment between the Centre and
the State and thereby make
Delhi a protest free city. "It
pains to see that people associate Jantar Mantar with
protests and not for the historical value it has. Ramlila
Maidan has to calm down. I
have formulated Five-S for
Delhi Saaksher, Swasth,
Sakshum, Surakshit and
Sanskari which mean being literate, healthy, capable, secure,
and ethical, she said.
The first woman IPS officer joined the party doing her
homework about Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
governance in India for several years. I will be happy to
accept whatever position the
party assigns me, she said.
While talking about dissidence
within the State unit she dismissed it as exaggerated
reports of brewing resentment
within it over her possible
projection as the partys chief
ministerial candidate.
Lucknow-Agra Expressway:
CS directive to subalterns
Lucknow (PNS): The Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan, directed the authorities concerned to take the soil needed for the construction of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway from the gram sabha
lands so that after digging them up the space so created could
be used as ponds. Before digging up ponds on the grazing
grounds for making drinking water available to the animals, proper testing should be done. For shifting the electricity lines coming in between the Expressway short-notice tenders should be
invited so that the project doesnt get delayed, said the Chief
Secretary while reviewing the progress of work at the meeting
on the Agra Expressway at the Shastri Bhawan here on Monday.
Expressing satisfaction with the progress of the expressway
work, he said it should be ensured that till January 31 the proposed route was flattened with a roller to pave the way for the
other works. If anything related to land acquisition was pending with the departments concerned then it should be completed
timely, he said.
The meeting was attended by the CEO, UP Expressway
Development Authority, Navniet Sehgal, the Principal Secretary,
Finance, Rahul Bhatnagar, and the ACEO, UPEDA, Ashutosh
Niranjan, along with the other senior officials.
nation 07
This time the

nomination is
not only for
Patparganj area,
but for a full
majority (for the
AAP) in Delhi. The
boat that Kiran
Bedi has been
brought on is sinking. I went to the
local Badrinath temple in West Vinod
Nagar to offer my prayers before filing
the nomination. I always do that when
I head out for something important
TALL POPPY SYNDROME

There is a lot of work
that needs to be done
in Rajouri Garden.
First is making
colleges in the area as
students have to travel
to pursue higher
education. The water
and traffic issue also
needs to be resolved and more
Government schools are needed.
I will work towards this endeavour
AAP'S MANISH SISODIA

FROM PATPARGANJ
Both AAP and

BJP have been
exposed and
development
works have been
stalled in the past
one year. The
Congress will
expose both
AAP and BJP
AAP'S JARNAIL SINGH

FROM RAJOURI GARDEN
CONGRESS' VIPIN
SHARMA FROM
ROHTAS NAGAR
People of Delhi
have been
suffering since
December 2013.
We will seek
vote on our
performance in
the last 15
years. We will
ask people to
compare 15 years of Congress
regime with one year each of both
BJP and AAP in Delhi
Yes, I belong
to Bihar but I
have cordial
relations with
each section of
society, which
has helped me
in winning five
elections from
West Delhi. I
am a Sarvanchali' (everybody's
leader) before being
a Purvanchali
CONGRESS'
MAHABAL MISHRA
FROM DWARKA
CONGRESS' NASEEB
SINGH FROM GHAZIPUR
DEMOCRATIC KID GLOVES OFF AS DISSENT PULLS NO PUNCHES

Cong caught in the headlights AAPs Ashutosh heckled by Delhi needs a leader, not a
as Tirath crosses over to BJP ex-MLA Rajesh Gargs men thanedar: Manoj Tiwari
yebrows were raised within

the BJP camp on Monday after
the party inducted former UPA
Minister and a lightweight, Krishna
Tirath into the party. Her joining
BJP comes amidst the partys
efforts to woo Dalit voters of the
capital to boost its prospects in the
February 7 polls. Delhi has 12
reserved seats of which a majority was won by the AAP in the last
assembly polls in 2013. BJP won
only two while Congress got one.
Some felt that induction of Tirath
could send in a wrong signal and
it might seem that the party was
getting somewhat desperate.
Fifty-nine year old Dalit leader,
Tirath was welcomed in the BJP by
party president Amit Shah with a
bouquet of flowers. The former
women and child development
minister in the Manmohan Singhled UPA Government was accompanied by BJPs in-charge of Delhi
affairs Prabhat Jha and partys
state unit chief Satish Upadhyay.
Strangely, senior Congress leaders
were not aware about Tiraths plan
to resign from the party.
It is a question of ideology. I
met BJP President Amit Shah to
serve the people.... I have come
with this aim, Tirath, who was a
member of the Delhi Legislative
Assembly between 1984-2004 and
the North West Delhi MP from
2004 till 2014, said after meeting
the BJP supremo. Two-time MP
and three time MLA, Tirath was
the known face of Congress in
Delhi. She was Minister in the first
Congress government led by Chief
Minister Sheila Dikshit and she
also become Union Minister of
Her decision to
join the BJP came
hours before
the party was
expected to
release its list of
candidates for the
Delhi polls on
February 7
Women and Child Welfare in the
Manmohan Singh-led UPA government. It is learnt that BJP may
give ticket to her from Patel Nagar
seat. She had earlier represented
Baljeet Nagar seat prior the delimitation of assembly boundaries.
Asked what would be her role
in the BJP, Tirath said the party
chief would decide that and added,
My role will be towards public service. But many within the BJP said
that Tiraths joining the BJP may
send a wrong signal among the
party workers.
A senior local leader said:
First it was former IPS officer
Kiran Bedi, then former AAP
leader Shazia Ilmi who joined the
BJP. Now, it is Krishna Tirath. Such
developments show that the BJP

was desperately brining leaders
from other parties. This also raises a vital question whether there
was a dearth of leaders in the Delhi
BJP. The Congress leader also
stated that induction of Tirath in
BJP would not auger well in the
party during assembly polls. It
would be pertinent to mention that
all SC/ST leaders of Congress have
been opposing her candidature
during Lok Sabha polls last year.
The Congress appeared to be
taken aback by Tiraths move to
desert the party. Congress chief
spokesperson Ajay Maken said it
showed the nervousness and desperation of the BJP which was
ready to bring any leader in the
party fold ever since Prime
Minister Narendra Modis Ramlila
Maidan rally had evoked a lukewarm response.
Maken said that the BJP had to
import leaders from other parties
because they have no faith in their
own leaders. He said ever since Bedi
has joined the BJP, there was a terrible leadership crisis in the saffron
outfit. He said: The BJP has been
facing leadership crisis since 1998.
They had to bring former Union
minister Sushma Swaraj to replace
then Chief Minister Saheb Singh
Verma in 1998.
Maken said that the Congress
had both tested and trusted leaders in the city. But our principal
opposition, BJP does not have any
credible leader thats why they are
importing leaders from other parties. When asked, Lovely said that
Tirath was seeking ticket from Patel
Nagar seat which the party has
refused, thats why she has left the
Congress party.
OTHERS KEEP THE PEACE
But plays down hungama as

nothing mightily serious
Given a warning by BJP

for speaking out of line
evening didnt go as planned for the Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP) as a scuffle broke out at a party meeting in Rohini,
Swhereunday
nfighting within the Delhi BJP came out
party spokesperson Ashutosh was heckled by former I in the open on Monday when its MP
party MLA Rajesh Garg and his supporters.
from North-East Delhi Manoj Tiwari took
According to reports, the problem began after Garg raised
the issue of problems faced by engineering students.
Garg, who won the 2013 Assembly elections from Rohini
on behalf of AAP, has been replaced by Charanji Lal Gupta this
time. During the meeting, Garg and his supporters allegedly
heckled Ashutosh and told him to answer their questions.
Garg alleged, He was prepared to run. He brought some
goons on stage. What was he scared about? He should have
the courage to hear the truth. However, the party played down
the incident with Ashutosh later, saying there was some commotion but nothing serious about it.
Yesterday (Sunday),
I had gone there for a
meeting and my colleague and (former)
MLA Rajesh Garg was
there. He was denied a
ticket so he was angry
and he was with his supporters. He tried to do
some hungama and some
commotion, nothing
serious about it. When he
was getting a little bit
more uncomfortable, I
tried to avoid the situation and left the scene,
said Ashutosh.
However, according
to sources, Ashutosh had
to eventually run away
from the spot as Gargs
supporters had gheraoed
him. Sources said that
Ashutosh jumped over a
wall and got out of
the chaos.
a jibe at new entrant Kiran Bedi by saying

Delhi needs a leader, not a thanedar.
Hours after his controversial remark, the
BJP top brass pulled up Tiwari for
speaking against the former IPS office, who
is most likely its chief ministerial candidate
for upcoming polls.
Tiwari had earlier said that Kiran Bedi
has joined the BJP only as a party worker
and there was no decision on her being
projected as the CM candidate.
However, after being pulled up by the
top brass, Tiwari toned down his voice of
dissent. All these reports are completely
wrong, we are very happy that Kiran Bedi
has joined BJP, we welcome her, said
Manoj Tiwari.
Earlier on Monday, Tiwari had said that
Kiran Bedi is a party worker and she
should behave accordingly, adding that the
Capital needed a leader, not a thanedar
(cop). I didnt like the way she spoke to BJP
workers a few days ago. I wasnt there... but
this is the feedback Ive got from workers.
She should be humble, she has been
brought on as a BJP worker. She is not the
chief ministerial candidate so far, he
further added.
Following his comments on Bedi,
sources said, the Minister was summoned
by senior BJP leaders for voicing his
dissent after an upset Kiran Bedi called the
party leadership.
The Pioneer had earlier reported that
a number of senior Delhi BJP leaders were
also not happy over the way Bedi has been
projecting herself as the chief ministerial
RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI
PTI
ith over two weeks left for the

Assembly elections, the BJP on
Monday kickstarted its constituency
wise campaigning with its face and
fresh entrant Kiran Bedis roadshow in
Rohini. Her roadshow attracted a
sizeable crowd most of which were
women who stepped out of their
homes to have a glimpse of the first
woman IPS officer of the country.
Bedi, in her first direct address to the
public promptly mentioned womens
security as her top priority and did
not fail to mention her 6-P formula
towards the issue.
The enthusiasm of the crowd was
quite palpable with most of them cheering and shouting slogans, Pradhan
Mantri Modi, toh Mukhya Mantri Bedi
(If Prime Minister is Modi then Chief
Minister should be Kiran Bedi). While
addressing the gathering, Bedi directly
urged the people to vote for the BJP to
bring in stability through creating an
alignment between the Centre, the
Lieutenant Governor in the Capital and
the three municipal corporations.
I dont know how to give speeches but only know how to get work
done. Women safety in the city is my
choice just four days after her induction into

the party. Another senior Delhi BJP leader
Jagdish Mukhi, who is known to have chief
ministerial ambition, said a decision on
whether to project a candidate for the top
post or announce the name after the polls
will be taken by the leadership.
BJPs Central leadership always takes
the decision. It is in their purview to
decided who shall be the Chief Minister
candidate or whether the party will have
a CM face or not, Mukhi said when asked
about the issue.
The strategy of the party in elections
in Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra
has been that the country has chosen Modi
for five years and expectations of people will
only be fulfilled if the same party rules in
Centre as well as in states, he said, adding
Chalo Chalein Modi Ke Saath would be the
best option for the party.
EC kicks back on Kejris 49 DAYS & 16 U-TURNS!
Kiran Bedi roadshow a kickbacks wisecrack

political rite of passage
Following his comments

on Bedi, sources said,
the Minister was
summoned by senior
BJP leaders for voicing
his dissent after an
upset Kiran Bedi called
the party leadership
priority. Problem arises when there are

differences between the LG and the
Chief Minister (CM). They tussle
with each other and usually engage in
mudslinging. This is not necessary
every time. We should bring such a
Government who can coordinate,
said Bedi to the audience.
I have come here to devote
myself for Delhi. I am for BJP, there
is BJP Government in the Centre and
there is need to bring that in Delhi
also. I know administration and I have
worked there for years, besides I have
experience also, she added. She also
promised that she will ensure a
corruption-free and holistic administration in the national Capital.
Stressing on the security of women
in the national Capital, Bedi urged
people to respect women. Respect of
women will come from each home
when parents respect their daughters,
brothers respect their sisters then
there will be respect for women.
Amidst heavy crowd, the NorthWest Delhis Rohini area came to a
standstill with huge traffic jams, as
many turned up on the streets to see
her. Other party leaders like MP Udit
Raj and Vijender Gupta were also
present with Bedi.
he District Election Officer

(West) has sent a damning
T
report to the Election
Commission of India (ECI) on
AAP convener Arvind Kejriwals
poll rally in Uttam Nagar on
Sunday, which was reportedly
organised without permission.
The report also held
Kejriwal responsible for committing the offence of bribery
(under Section 171 B of Indian
Panel Code (IPC) and 123 (1) of
the Representatives of People
Act 1951, punishable under
Section 116 of IPC.
Irked by his bribe remark,
made at a poll rally on Sunday, the
Congress and the BJP have
requested the ECI to take action
against Kejriwal for stating that
Delhiites should take money from
both the Congress and the BJP but
should vote only for his party.
The District Election Officer,
in his report, pointed out that
this is a violation of Section
28/29 of the Delhi Police Act that
prohibits holding of rallies without permission. The officer has
also held Kejriwal responsible for
violation of abetment (under
Section 108 of IPC), for committing the offence of bribery.
Further, criticism of other parties or workers based on unverified allegation or distortions,
which should have been avoided as per the Model Code of
Conduct guidelines, also puts the
AAP convener in a tough spot.
It further stated that permission for the said rally was granted for 3 pm, however, as per the
report of the SHO (Uttam Nagar)
it started at 1.30 pm. By the time
district team arrived there, the
rally was already over. Holding
rally before the approved time
was a clear violation of MCC. For
DAMN STRAIGHT!
z The District Election Officer

(West) has sent a damning
report to the ECI on Kejriwals
poll rally in Uttam Nagar on
Sunday, which was reportedly
organised without permission
z The report also held Kejriwal
responsible for committing the
offence of bribery (under
Section 171 B of IPC and 123
(1) of the Representatives of
People Act 1951, punishable
under Section 116 of IPC
this, a notice has been issued to

DCP (West) to explain the reasons for not stopping the commencement of rally before the
allotted time, it said.
In a complaint to Chief
Election Commissioner HS
Brahma and Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi, the Congress
said that Kejriwal in his January
18 rally at Uttam Nagar had stated, People from both parties will
come to offer money, do not
refuse, take it If no one comes
forward to give you money, go to
their offices and ask them to give
it to you in their office accept
the money from both, but vote
only for the broom.
The Congress said that by
making such a statement
Kejriwal had deliberately and
intentionally instigated the public to take bribe for voting and
has thereby abated the offence of
bribery during the electoral
process. The complaint said that
the language used was also
defamatory and causes serious
aspersions on the fair conduct of
the elections by the authorities
and public at large.
The complaint said, This
statement made by him is also in
clear violation of the Model
Code of Conduct. It is totally
derogatory and scandalising

He has maligned the democratic institution and the process.
This statement cannot simply be
described as irresponsible but has
to be viewed with utmost seriousness and gravity to even take
criminal action against him for
the purity of electoral process.
Congress chief spokesperson
Ajay Maken, who is also
heading the partys campaign
committee, said Kejriwals statement clearly shows he has not
respect for democratic processes in the country. He has insulted the Delhiites. He should
immediately tender a public
apology. The BJP also lashed out
at Kejriwal with its New Delhi MP
Lekhi saying he was questioning
the authority of the EC.
KEJRI COVERS GROUND

IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
IKNOOR KAUR n NEW DELHI
A day before filing his
nomination for the upcoming Delhi
Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) convener Arvind
Kejriwal on Monday conducted
public meetings at Mustafabad and
Seelampur. The former CM is
leaving no stone unturned to win
the polls, as he conducts at least
two public meetings every day.
Kejriwals first public meeting on
Monday was at the Mustafabad
Assembly constituency of NorthEast Delhi which was followed by a
public meeting in the evening at
Seelampur Assembly constituency.
While Kejriwal shed light on the
same issues like his other rallies,
he also put forward his agenda for
Delhi, like in Delhi Dialogue series.
Subsequently, AAPs founder
member Kumar Vishwas
conducted his first rally this year at
West Vinod Nagar in Patparganj.
Congress booklet scoffs

at Muffler U-turn
Voters warned against
dangerous AAP
n a scathing attack on AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and the

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the
Congress on Monday released a
booklet highlighting the U-turns
taken by the AAP chief during his 49day tenure as Delhi Chief Minister.
The booklet cites 16 promises,
which were left unfulfilled by the former Delhi Chief Minister. This means
after every third day, Kejriwal has taken
a U-turn. We are showing a Muffler
U-turn. From red beacons in the
Government cars to bungalows, there
are 16 points of U-turn during his 49day tenure, said Maken.
The eight-page booklet titled
49 dino ki ultee chaal, Dilli hui behal,
U-turn Kejriwal aimed at warning
voters how dangerous it could be to
give power again to the AAP. Delhi
Congress president Arvinder Singh
Lovely, Haroon Yusuf and PC Chacko
were also present. Maken said that
along with the list of fake promises,
there is also a copy of an affidavit that
was signed by Kejriwal before taking
charge as the Chief Minister.
The booklet alleged that its 49day rule was a nightmare for the people with Kejriwal specialising in Uturns. Claiming that Kejriwal could
have created a world record on
going back on his words, Maken gave
the AAP chief the sobriquet of
Muffler U-turn as his image in public is that of a man donning a muffler and is often referred to as the
Muffler Man by his supporters.
Maken said that the AAP convener
had first stated he would not be joining politics. He had said, We do not
need to get into the system to fight it.
We want to pressurise the Government

and assert our rights as everyone who
has a dream need not get into politics
I must say that it is the right of every
Indian to enter politics, but in Kejriwals
case it shows striking hypocrisy.
Maken said that Kejriwal had
sworn-in his affidavit that he would
not use official bungalow, security and
red-beacons. He not only stabbed
social activist Anna Hazare at his back
but also demanded two lavish
Government flats for himself and in
the end took an eight-room lavish
home during his tenure.
One of the key points is Kejriwals
quitting office over the Lokpal Bill
issue. He did not consult the people
when he had to quit office, though he
had sworn to do just that, Maken said.
Alleging that AAP Ministers travelled in Metro to take oath and then
demanded SUVs, and Kejriwal despite
claiming to represent the common man,
lived in an eight-room bungalow,
Maken questioned how the party could
expect Delhiites to vote for them. The
booklet also contains the ideological
contradictions by Kejriwal, who once
said, Everyone who has a dream need
not get into politics, Maken added.
One of the comments of Kejriwal
about paid media is also mentioned.
He says media is the reason why we
are where we are. Later, they say the
media has been bought over, Maken
pointed out. We have to remember
all of this when we vote, he added.
The booklet said that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who recently joined
the BJP, had gone on record saying
that Kejriwal ran away with all the
funds, Facebook users and database of
India Against Corruption.
Maken said he, Lovely and Yusuf
were Amar, Akbar and Anthony as
our friendship goes a long way in
Congress politics. We are Amar,
Akbar and Arvinder of our party.
opinion 08
www.dailypioneer.com
paper with passion
Blot on Indias history

Persecuted Kashmiri Pandits deserve better
anuary 19 marked the 25th anniversary of the forced exile of Kashmiri Pandits.
Yet, apart from a few small demonstrations by members of the aggrieved
community, and some talk of solidarity on social media, there has been almost
no worthwhile acknowledgement in the national mainstream discourse of either
what was one of the worst human tragedies of post-independence India or the
continued injustice suffered by the Kashmiri Pandits who, till date, live as refugees
in their own land. This, inspite of the fact, that the larger Kashmir conflict, invariably framed as a tussle between a Muslim-majority province and a Hindu-majority state, has always been in focus not just within the country but globally
as well. Nevertheless, the missing narrative on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits
does not come as a surprise at all. In this age of political correctness, wrapped
within that particularly perverse Indian brand of pseudo-secularism, it is
somehow not considered appropriate to talk about the persecution of Kashmir
Pandits at the hands of Islamist terrorists. And so it is, that much of young India
today, does not even have a foggy idea of what happened on that fateful day of
January 19, 1990.
Tensions had been building up for months with mujahideens running amok
with their Kalashnikovs and making
inflammatory speeches. Hindu businesses were being targeted and Pandit
homes had been marked. The valley
reverberated with the sound of explosions and the blood of murdered
Pandits had begun to trickle through.
Islamic laws were imposed, women
were forced to cover up, and video
parlours and cinema halls shuttered.
The situation escalated in early
January after two local Urdu newspapers reproduced a Press release put
out by the secessionist terror group
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, ordering all
Hindus to leave the valley. On January
19, President's Rule was imposed (and
it would not be lifted for until six years
afterwards, as Kashmir was subsumed by Islamic militancy) and
Jagmohan took charge as Governor. But by then, the matter had spiraled out of
control. Fearing for their lives and their faith, Kashmiri Pandits, who had a recorded history that went back 5,000 years in the Kashmir valley, fled from their ancestral homeland almost overnight. An estimated 3,00,000 people were rendered
homeless in their own country and with that Kashmir lost a part of its soul.
In this sordid saga, India too has been forever shamed for having stood by
and watched as a part of its civilisational history was being wiped clean. Let us
not forget that one of the most important reasons why militancy flourished in
the valley was because neither the Government at the State nor at the Centre
took adequate action in time. Then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah did precious
little to prevent the collapse of the State while New Delhi only stirred to action
after the daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was
abducted, and the Government had to free five Kashmiri militants from prison
to secure her release.
Even today, the political class has failed to provide relief, forget justice, to
the Pandits. A vast majority of them still live in refugee colonies in Jammu and
Delhi, and rehabilitation efforts remain unfeasable given that Kashmir is still very
much a communal tinderbox. In the meantime, an entire generation of Kashmiri
Pandits has been raised without a home to call its own.
Free but responsible too

Theres case to be made for regulating media
hat a free Press is crucial for the functioning of a robust democracy goes
without saying. And equally so does the fact that with such great freedom,
also comes great responsibility. In the Indian context, the debate on media
freedom and functioning, however, has lacked a clear voice from the state. This
is because every time a political leader has suggested any sort of regulation, he
or she has been accused of trampling on media freedom and forced to retreat.
It is possible that Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley
will also face the same kind of criticism for his speech this past Sunday. So,
before the usual suspects go into a tizzy over the muzzling of Press freedom, a
reasoned analysis of the key issues underlined by Mr Jaitley is needed. The most
important issue here is live coverage of terror attacks and other such events.
As we learnt from 26/11, irresponsible coverage in this regard can become a
matter of life and death. More recently, the French media has also come under
scrutiny for its coverage of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Last week, some relatives of those who had been held hostage by terrorists complained to the French
media regulator that news channels
put the captives lives in danger by disclosing their locations, in a bid to produce high ratings. The need for regulation and restrain here is without
doubt. The question is: Who should
set the rules? Ideally, mediapersons
should self-regulate. But given the
TRP frenzy that builds up during such
situations, even a single misstep by
one reporter can open the floodgates
for others to join the ratings race, not
to mention risk innocent lives. Against
this backdrop, the formulation of a
strict discipline code for covering
ongoing security operations, that Mr
Jaitley has suggested, is welcome.
The other issue that Mr Jaitley discussed was of a trial by media' wherein some persons or groups are proclaimed guilty even before they are convicted in a court of law. The media shapes
public opinion, which in turn, puts enormous pressure on the lower courts which
find it difficult to function in a fair and just manner. Media trials' are common
when high profile individuals are involved but, as the 2014 Badaun sisters' case
shows (the media had decided they were raped and murdered but the Central
Bureau of Investigation later ruled that the girls had committed suicide), they
are applicable to cases that happen in rural areas as well. That said, let us not
forget that the Jessica Lal and Priyadarshini Mattoo cases were also, essentially, trials by media but were necessary to push for justice. The key here is to find
a middle-ground so that the media can continue in its role as a watchdog, without becoming an obstructionist force.
Indians must become

a people of the book
A SURYA PRAKASH
In a country as diverse as ours, it is imperative that religious identities especially dissolve within the greater
crucible called the Constitution of India. Only then can our democratic and free way of life survive
he deadly assault on cartoonists and other editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo

in Paris by Islamic terrorists has once again
brought to the fore the debate on the
compatibility of Islam with the
modern democratic framework.
The attack on Charlie Hebdo is not
the first such assault on the freedom
of expression in Europe. Just a
decade ago, Theo Van Gogh, the
Dutch film maker who produced
the film Submission, which was critical of the treatment of women in
Islam, was killed by a Muslim
fanatic. Since then, the threats to
journalists, writers, film makers,
cartoonists and satirists has only
grown, but citizens of democracies,
who are keen to preserve the free,
liberal spirit that their Constitutions
guarantee, have been running
around like headless chickens,
groping for answers.
While the dastardly terror
strike on Charlie Hebdo and at other
locations in Paris has drawn global condemnation and resulted in the
unprecedented coming together
of world leaders during the millionmarch in the French capital, some
religious leaders have preferred to
put in a caveat. For example Pope
Francis has said that while freedom
of expression must be defended,
religions must be treated with
respect, so that peoples faiths were
not insulted or ridiculed.
From a distance, it appears
freedom is unbridled in the
European context, whereas it is
subject to reasonable restrictions in
the Indian context. For example,
Article 19 of our Constitution
says all citizens shall have the right
to freedom of speech and expression but, this is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interests of
the sovereignty and integrity of
India, the security of the state,
friendly relations with foreign
States, public order, decency and
morality, among other things.
This provision is further backed
up by Section 295(A) of the Indian
Penal Code which declares deliberate and malicious acts intended to
outrage religious feelings of any class
by insulting its religion or religious
beliefs, as a criminal offence. It says
one cannot outrage the religious
feelings of any class of citizens by
words, either spoken or written, or
by signs or by visible representations
or otherwise insult or attempt to
insult the religion or the religious
beliefs of that class. Hindus who felt
outraged by MF Husains paintings
depicting Hindu gods in the nude
and in sexual acts, used this very
provision to file cases against him
in criminal courts. The Popes
views on the assault on the French

publication brings his views closer
to the Indian constitutional and
legal scheme.
However, despite these
nuances, there is no running away
from the fact that no democracy
can survive if citizens take to the
machine gun to assert their points
of views. Hindus who felt outraged
by MF Husains paintings, therefore, did the right thing by pursuing their agitation within
Constitutional parameters.
This then leads us to the larger question: Can Islam and democracy co-exist? Indias soft state has
often yielded to pressures from religious hotheads rather than assert
the supremacy of the liberal, democratic Constitution and its core principles over all else. That is why,
among democracies, India was one
of the first to ban Salman Rushdies
Satanic Verses. But, the point is how
much should it yield? If the state
cannot stand up to such pressures,
we may soon reach the tipping
point when radical religious elements begin to override the central
idea of the Constitution. After that,
it will become impossible to reverse
the trend.
Some years ago, Samuel P
Huntington advanced the theory
of clash of civilisations. Although
many felt that his theory was
flawed, he seemed to get it right
Agriculture is our pride

and industry is our future.
Performance will prove
that our West Bengal is
number one.
West Bengal Chief
Minister
Mamata Banerjee
INDIA'S SOFT STATE'

HAS OFTEN YIELDED
TO PRESSURES
FROM RELIGIOUS
HOTHEADS RATHER
THAN ASSERT THE
SUPREMACY OF THE
LIBERAL,
DEMOCRATIC
CONSTITUTION AND
ITS CORE
PRINCIPLES OVER
ALL ELSE
in regard to his assessment of

Islam and its compatability to
modern nation states. He argued
that the structure of political loyalty among Arabs and Muslims
generally has been the opposite of
the modern West.
In the West, the apex of political loyalty is the nation state.
Narrower loyalties are subordinate to it and are subsumed into
loyalty to the nation state.
However, throughout Islam the
small group and the great faith, the
tribe and the Ummah, have been
the principle foci of loyalty and
commitment, and the nation state
has been less significant In
addition, the idea of sovereign
nation states is incompatible with
belief in the sovereignty of Allah
and the primacy of the Ummah.
As a revolutionary movement,
Islamist fundamentalism rejects
the nation state in favour of the
unity of Islam just as Marxism
rejected it in favour of the unity of
the international proletariat,
says Huntington.
This was more or less the conclusion that BR Ambedkar had
drawn decades ago when he discussed the Muslim demand for
Pakistan. He had then said: The
allegiance of a Muslim does not rest
on his domicile in the country
which is his, but on the faith to
which he belongs. To the Muslim
SOUNDBITE
Ubi bene ibi patria is unthinkable.

Where ever there is the rule of Islam
, there is his own country. In other
words, Islam can never allow a true
Muslim to adopt India as his motherland and regard a Hindu as his
kith and kin. This is probably the
reason why Maulana Mohammad
Ali, a great Indian but a true
Muslim, preferred to be buried in
Jerusalem rather than India.
Strange as it may seem, we will
have to work overtime to disprove
Ambedkar if we are to save the
Constitution of India that was
drafted under his leadership. This
can happen only when religion dissolves into a great crucible called the
Constitution of India. We may not
go so far as the French in permitting people to castigate or laugh at
the religious beliefs of others but let
there be no doubt that our
Constitution and democratic way
of life can survive only if we ensure
that religion yields to the
Constitution and not the other way
round. Should there ever be a conflict between a religious text and the
Constitution, the latter must prevail.
In other words, the Constitution is
supreme. We cannot allow any
other text to have a perch above it.
This is the prescription for establishing a secular democratic society. In
other words, we will have to be people of the book that book being
the Constitution of India!
I call upon President Abbas:

Instead of going to The
Hague or to the United
Nations, come to Jerusalem.
Talk to the Israeli people.
The character of
Byomkesh is driven from
the character of Sherlock
Holmes because of the
impact of the European
culture which came
first in Kolkata.
Israeli President
Reuven Rivlin
Film Director
Dibaker Banerjee
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Censor trouble
Sir The resignation of Ms
Leela Samson as the Chairperson
of the Central Board of Film
Certification is unfortunate. Ms
Samson and her colleagues on the
panel were on an extension. If the
Censor Board was indeed unable
to hold meetings for the last nine
months, Ms Samson should have
come in the open earlier. She cannot blame the Film Certificate
Appellate Tribunal straightaway,
because the FCAT consists of
eminent personalities in their
own right.
Ms Samsons intention may be
sanguine, but doubts arise because
the Censor Board is not without
its share of controversies. If the
CBFC feels threatened today, then
it is a culmination of a long history of its being susceptible to
pressures and pulls.
After all, the Boards members
are Government appointees, and
there will be whispers and murmurs over Ms Samson putting in
her papers during the NDA rule.
The crucial question is: Has the
Censor Board outlived its utility?
Yes, it has. The NDA Government
will do well to have a hard look at
the issue.
Ganapathi Bhat
Akola
Delhi election will be

an interesting contest
T
his refers to the article, Capital contest and the personal dynamics
(January 17) by Ashok Malik. The article has analysed well the Delhi
dilemma. The three parties are in the picture with forceful personalities Ms Kiran Bedi, Mr Arvind Kejriwal and Mr Ajay Maken. They are
known to the people of Delhi. It is to be seen how far the Dalit and the
minority votes get divided between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party,
and also to what extent Ms Shazia Ilmi's joining the BJP affects the minority vote in favour of the BJP.
It appears that the Congress and the AAP will have stiff contests in
some constituencies. Overall, the situation is good for the BJP, with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and Ms Bedi giving
it an extra edge. The division of votes in the opposition camp will also
help the BJP. The quality of candidates the BJP selects too will impact the
BJP's prospects to some extent deal.
P N Saxena
New Delhi
Learn lessons
Sir This refers to the article, No
road to recovery in sight for the
Congress (January 19) by Balbir
Punj. The writer correctly points
out that, by merely taking cheap
potshots, the Congress is not going
to revive. Its leaders should take
serious steps to re-rebuild the
grand old party for the masses. In
any case, the Congress will be
required to lead the country by
learning to govern properly.
RL Pathak
New Delhi
Welcome warning
Sir It is interesting to note that
the US has warned Pakistan against
cross-border infiltration during the
visit to India of President Barack
Obama. The US has done well to
warn Pakistan of severe consequences if any attack or attempt to
attack is made. This is a candid
admission that the US is aware of
Pakistans sinister designs against
India every time ceasefire violations
take place.
Now, Pakistan is cast with the
responsibility of taking every precautionary measure to thwart the
bid of terrorists to attack India.
But, is it enough for the US that
Pakistan does not indulge in misadventure only during Mr

Obamas stay in India?
KV Seetharamaiah
Hassan
Unfair opposition
Sir This refers to the article,
J&Ks ignored Indian citizens
(January 16) by Hari Om. The
plight of West Pakistani refugees,
who migrated to Jammu &
Kashmir in 1947, is deeply distressing. While all Sikh and Hindu
refugees from West Pakistan, who
settled in other parts of India,
received their citizenships, those
who moved to Jammu & Kashmir
were left behind, clearly because
successive Governments at the
Centre and the State feared
upsetting Kashmirs Muslimmajority character.
When years of agitation by
these refugees are about to bear
fruit, Kashmiri separatists have
stirred a communal storm. The
matter must be resolved. Separatists
cannot be allowed to dictate the
agenda when it comes to granting
citizenship to Indians.
M Ratan
New Delhi
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POINTCOUNTERPOINT
When people from BJP and Congress give
you money, don't refuse. Take it, ask for it.
But vote for the Aam Aadmi Party.
Aam Aadmi Party chief
ARVIND KEJRIWAL
Kejriwal is essentially saying that voters

accept money. It also means that the
Election Commission is not working properly.
BJP MP
MEENAKSHI LEKHI
Terrorism by different names
FIRST
COLUMN
Turning a blind
eye to Africa
The attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris not just brought out the worst in Islamist terror. It also exposed the hypocrisy
of those who promote double standards in dealing with militancy and freedom of expression of different kinds
After the large coverage of the Charlie Hebdo attack, the

world ignored the 2,000 people killed in the worst Boko
Haram massacre, notes SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL
he world's undivided attention on France following the attacks
on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket have
completely overshadowed a much bloodier terrorist attack
Boko Haram's raid on the city of Baga in northern Nigeria which
has killed as many as 2,000 people. This has led to a public debate
over the media's role in reporting events and the weight that
certain events should be given over others.
One issue here is of media visuals. While Paris is a global city
and has thousands of reporters and cameras, all of whom can easily report on the event, Baga is a remote Nigerian town on the receded coast of Lake Chad. Unlike Paris, it is unsafe for journalists, as
Boko Haram fighters roam freely while the Nigerian Army struggles to secure the area.
A Haaretz editorial, arguing for greater sympathy with victims
of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, brings up the fact that attention to
Nigeria's bring back our girls campaign has failed. The failure is
put down to Nigerian Government's inability to deal with the problem of Boko Haram, despite military aid from Washington, DC.
Criticism of the Nigerian political establishment was also echoed
in The Guardian, which, in a discussion with its readers, learned
that many Nigerians think that their Government is to blame for
the lack of coverage of their tragedies. The Sydney Morning Herald
reported that Nigeria's President expressed condolences for the
victim of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, but not for the people killed
by Boko Haram.
Although it may appear unfair to blame the Nigerian
Government's inability to overcome the world's indifference to
Nigeria's troubles, political motivation does play a role. As CNN noted,
the attention on Charlie Hebdo and the national unity rally that followed, appeared to benefit French President Francois Hollande, who
had an abysmal 13 per cent approval rating before the attacks. It
also hurt Ms Marine Le Pen's National Front because its focus was
on national unity, thereby ignoring the issues of internal disunity
in French society that caused the radicalisation of the gunmen in
the first place.
Nigeria has the opposite problem as Boko Haram controls what
The Wall Street Journal calls the primarily Muslim stronghold
of opposition to the current President, Mr Goodluck Jonathan, who
is a Christian. Therefore, it is politically beneficial to the Nigerian
President to not have that part of the country be able to vote in
the upcoming Nigerian general election in February.
However, the world media ignoring the tragedy in Nigeria and
the threat of Boko Haram is also to be criticised. Referring to international support and national unity in France, Nigeria's Catholic
Archbishop told the BBC, We need that spirit to be spread around.
Not just when it happens in Europe, but when it happens in Nigeria,
in Niger, in Cameroon.
Lastly, there is the issue of social media. Whereas France had
the #JesuisCharlie campaign which, as CNN noted, made it possible for people from around the world to watch the events unfold from
their tablets and smartphones, Nigeria's remote towns are not always
reached by mobile Internet. Also, previous social media campaigns
in Africa, such as last year's #BringBackOuGirls campaign and the
Kony 2012 campaign, haven't done very well in the long run.
Altogether, the problem of reporter access and the lack of social
media coverage left the killing of over 2,000 people in Nigeria overshadowed by the attacks on Charlie Hebdo. France had those benefits as in addition to a Government that took advantage of the spotlight directed toward the attacks in an attempt to increase its popularity over the opposition, whereas in Nigeria chaos and violence
in an opposition stronghold appears to benefit the President.
ABHIJIT IYER-MITRA
Being politically
correct, one has to
claim that this was
not a Muslim
crime and that
terrorism has no
religion. Another
set of liberals was
at pains to point
out that the
attackers were
un-Islamic and
that Charile Hebdo
had crossed the
boundaries of free
speech and had
engaged in bigotry
by targeting
a minority
community
The accompanying visual is of a propaganda video posted online on January 14 by al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
f the Peshawar school massacre

saw an outpouring of schizophrenic and hypocritical grief,
then the January 7 Charlie Hebdo
attacks topped the melodrama
and hypocrisy quotient still further.
Hypocrisy? Specifically the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization hypocrisy.
For example, take some of the statements made by the Al Qaeda in
Yemen, when, claiming responsibility
for the attack, it called Charlie Hebdo
an extension of the crusader alliance,
clubbing it with France and American
actions in the Muslim world. Now,
compare them with statements made
by the White House specifically the
liberal-Democrat Clinton White
House and equally liberal Tony Blair
in 1999, when Nato bombed Serbian
Radio and TV.
Sample these gems in support of
free speech: Serb TV is as much a part
of Milosevics murder machine as his
military, said Pentagon Spokesman
Kenneth Bacon. The media is one of
the pillars of Milosevics power
machine. It is right up there with security forces and the military.
Clare Short, the International
Development Secretary, said, This is
a war, this is a serious conflict, untold
horrors are being done. The propaganda machine is prolonging the war and
its a legitimate target. Natos military
spokesman, Air Commodore David
Wilby, described the RTS, the Serbian
state broadcasting station, as a legitimate target which filled the airways
with hate and with lies over the years.
The point here is simple. Western
Europes perception of itself is very dif-
ferent from the reality of what it actually is. It would prefer to think of itself
as a paragon of free speech, but hearing the comments that came from Jamie
Shea, Clare Short, Tony Blair, Madeleine
Albright, their justification of their
actions was almost exactly verbatim to
those of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula. Perhaps the only person who
wasnt a hypocrite in the whole peace
march that followed the Hebdo
Massacre was US President Barack
Obama, who simply abstained from this
exercise in self-denial and self-delusion.
The fact is that Western Europe has no
qualms bombing and killing the spreaders of enemy propaganda, and it de
facto imposes limits on the freedom of
speech like the Al Qaeda does. Instead
of trying these in civil courts, it employs
execution as a means of silencing
information it doesnt like.
But honestly, who cares about
Europe? Our only concern is India and
Islam. In India too, the ClintonMadeleine Albright style liberal double-speak has created a permissive
environment for speech to be punished
by execution. A now spent, once
major TV news anchor opined on her
Facebook page that she had found the
Hebdo cartoons to be insulting and
pornographic, though she was equally on record defending MF Husains
paintings of goddess Saraswati naked
with her legs spread wide effectively proving herself both a hypocrite and
a tacit supporter of the Hebdo massacre, despite protestations to the contrary. To be fair, both Islam and
Hinduism have a tradition of executing people for saying things. Prophet
Mohammed acquiesced to the killing

of the pregnant poetess Asma Bint
Marwan for the crime of ridiculing him
through her poetry, and Krishna
chopped of Shishupalas head for
insulting him repeatedly.
Yet, being politically correct, one
has to claim that this was not a
Muslim crime and that terrorism has
no religion. Another set of liberals was
at pains to point out that the attackers
were un-Islamic and that the Hebdo
had crossed the boundaries of free
speech and had engaged in bigotry by
targeting a minority community. This
is the kind of nonsense that allows
Islam to externalise the problem and
pretend that violence is not intrinsic to
it. Violence specifically terrorism
and genocide are intrinsic to every
single religion, and it is the acceptance
of first, the separation of church and
state, and second, mentally esoterising
religion by accepting that modern
societies cannot function under bronze
or iron age laws, that make one peaceful citizens or terrorists.
Sadly, this rubbish about the
attackers being un-Islamic and about
Charlie Hebdo being bigoted only
prologues the refusal of the Islamic
world to accept the separation of
church and state and prevents the
abstraction of the more violent aspects.
But more dangerously they externalise the problem.
In 1827, the last Sati in my family took place, when my great-greatgreat grandmother was burnt alive on
my great-great-great grandfathers
funeral pyre in Noihati, a few kilometres outside Kolkata. It would have
Teaching through a Digital India

If the Government can effectively harness the power of the Internet here, the multi-billion dollar online learning
industry, which includes particularly profitable IT training modules, will open up to educators in this country
he Narendra Modi
Governments `100 crore
commitment towards
establishing Live Virtual
Classrooms and Massive
Online Open Courses is a testament to the potential that the
concept holds. At a time when
the Prime Ministers call for
Make in India is resonating
across the globe, LVCs presents
the country with the opportunity to invite students from
abroad to study in India via
the internet.
Given that the LVC set up
is flexible and cost effective for
students and employees
abroad, abundant opportunities are waiting to be seized by
Indian players who can impart
training. While some Indian
companies have made a foray
in the field, their participation
is just the tip of the iceberg.
As per the 2013 State of
the Industry Report by the
Association for Talent
Development, companies in
the US spent $164 billion on
employee learning and development in 2012 alone. Of
this, six billion dollars was
spent on information technology training. When IT training and certification market
globally stands at $20 billion,
the six billion dollar US chunk
is a big pie for Indian IT
training companies.
Till a decade ago, LVCs
looked like a distant dream for
IT training companies due to
several bottlenecks. Poor
Internet services was the
biggest issue in delivering
online training. However, in
the last few years, there has
been a turnaround in the
Internet delivery system, as
high-speed internet has gained
much ground.
The emergence of highspeed Internet services enabled
hitch-free video conferencing,
make LVCs a reality for IT
trainers looking to impart

training overseas. Indian IT
training firms can now deliver sophisticated training and
cash-in on the cost advantage.
The Government of India,
recently approved a Digital
India project, and plans to
spend one lakh crore rupees. It
also plans to introduce highspeed Internet in the rural
areas. The Government aims to
complete the project by 2019,
thereby, providing a shot in the
arm for players who aim to
operate LVCs in far-flung areas.
There is minimal requirement of a computer and robust
Internet service to cater to
students and corporate
employees who want to
upgrade their IT skills. A two
Mbps line is sufficient to support a video conference
through which classes can be
delivered. Today, someone siting in a remote corner of
Nahan, in Himachal Pradesh,
can successfully train corporate

employees in the Silicon valley.
If such a model is replicated elsewhere in the country
with the availability of basic
resource for LVC training, it
will become a panacea for
Indias lingering problems of
unemployment and people
migrating to cities for want of
opportunities in rural areas.
Youngsters from rural and
small Indian cities come scurrying for jobs to metropolitan
cities. This happens as opportunities in rural areas either
being scarce or they eke out
meager amounts which is not
enough to fulfill ones personal and social responsibilities.
Tutoring students abroad,
especially in the US, through
virtual classrooms is gaining
currency in urban areas. Those
who move to cities and deliver coaching from there will
have greater opportunities in
their small towns if the vision
Digital India is realised. LVC

can open new doors for people,
creating innovative ways of
becoming financially reliant.
The successful model of
Bangalore-based TutorVista
speaks volumes about the
potential LVC channels hold.
The company provides online
tutoring services by connecting
instructors in India with school
and college students, mostly in
North America.
Coming back to IT learning, opportunities for IT training companies and individual
IT trainers are enormous as the
$20 billion global LVC market
is still unexplored. For IT professionals, skill set updation is
a continuous process to match
the pace and requirement of
the corporate IT world. When
IT learning is an ongoing
process, corporates spend a lot
on honing skills of employees.
For corporates in the US
and elsewhere, training their
been quite a stretch to claim that these

were un-Hindu acts. To claim that
then, as now, is ridiculous, and to claim
that William Bentinck, the man who
banned it in 1829 was a bigot because
he was White and not Hindu, is just
plain obnoxious. Bentinck was as
much a bigot as Charlie Hebdo, and
Hinduism owes him a huge debt,
much as the Islamic world will Charlie
Hebdo at some point in the distant
future, when it has the courage to
accept its failings. At the same time,
Bentinck had an ally in Raja Ram
Mohan Roy, who mobilised support
from within Hinduism for the abolition of Sati. Charlie Hebdo, on the other
hand, has yet to find that ally within
Islam, someone who has the courage
to abstract and to secularise and has the
courage like Roy to claim that Islam
needs to change.
In the final analysis, Charlie Hebdo
is the only hope if Islam is to shed the
terror tag, but it is only one half of the
puzzle. The other half has to come
from within the Muslim world itself,
and of that we see no signs just a
barren desert of fear and denial.
Charlie Hebdo was as much a victim of
the Wests and the Natos refusal to
introspect and see the rot within as it
was of terrorists.
And herein lies the great lesson for
India. We need Charlie Hebdos in
India. We need a judicial system that
encourages Charlie Hebdos. And, we
need that temperament.
But we see in a sense is that we are
an exact carbon copy of Wahhabism,
and are sanctimoniously self-assured
refusing to introspect.
think
now
ROHIT AGGARWAL
employees on shore is an
expensive deal. Offshore training companies in India lend
them cost advantage and allow
the employees to get training at
a time convenient to them.
Corporates shell out $2,000
to $5,000 for one week of
training via LVC which they
find cost effective, as their
employees are able to learn
without taking off from their
their work responsibilities and
the price is comfortable for the
companies to bear.
The IT curriculae of
Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Adobe,
Cisco, among others, are global; training in these cases can
be provided from any part of
the world. Providing technology training via LVC has huge
potential and India just needs
to grab the opportunity to
make the most of it. The time
is ripe.
(The writer is founder and
CEO of Koenig Solutions)
or millions of years, mankind

lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
which unleashed the power of
our imagination. We learned to
talk and we learned to listen.
Speech has allowed the
communication of ideas, enabling
human beings to work together
to build the impossible.
Mankind's greatest achievements
have come about by talking, and
its greatest failures by not
talking. It doesn't have to be like
this. Our greatest hopes could
become reality in the future. All
we need to do is make sure we
keep talking.
Stephen Hawking
nation 10
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JANUARY 20 2015
Five killed, 50 houses burnt in Muzaffarpur

14 held for clashes
FAIZAN AHMAD n PATNA
ommunal tension gripped

Muzaffarpur district of
C
North Bihar on Monday as five
people were killed in arson and
clashes between two communities. The violence first broke
out on Sunday night and the
death count went up on
Monday when one more
charred body was found from
a field.
According to the police, 14
people have been arrested in
connection with clashes
between two communities.
While ordering a highlevel probe into the clash
between two communities late
on Sunday night in which four
people have been killed and
over dozen houses gutted to fire
in Muzaffarpur, Bihar Chief
Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi
who was on pilgrimage tour to
Mumbai, has cancelled his tour
and reaching Patna on Monday.
According to police officials following recovery of the
body of a local youth, hundreds
of villagers set on fire over
dozen houses in Azizpur village
under Saraiya police station of
Muzaffarpur in which four
people were burnt to death.
The situation is reported to be
tense in the village after the

incident.
The communal tension
escalated in Azizpur village
under Saraiya police station on
Sunday following the recovery
of the body of a teenaged boy
of nearby Bahilwara village
who was missing since January
9.
The body buried in a
paddy field was spotted by the
stray dogs. The youth identified
as Bhartendu Sahni (19)
allegedly had an affair with a
minority community girl of
Azizpur village and his father
Kamal Sahni had registered a
missing report against the girls
brother Sadakat Ali in this
connection.
Moments after the recovery of the youths body, the villagers of Bahilwara attacked
Azizpur and put about 50
houses afire in which at least
two people were charred to
death and a tractor, car and
many bikes were destroyed in
arson. Almost the entire villagers have fled from their
homes and are still missing.
Muzaffarpur district has a good
population of OBC Sahni or
fishermen.
Chief Minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi directed ADG Police,
zonal IG, and DM and SSP of
Muzaffarpur to rush to the village and camp there. The
A house set on fire during violence in a village in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on Sunday following recovery of body of an abducted
youth
PTI
Government has also

announced compensation of `5
lakh each to the victim families.
The police have arrested 14
people involved in the violence
and arson, para-military force
have been deployed in the two
villages, said Muzaffarpur SSP
Ranjit Kumar Mishra. He said
extra forces have been called
from some neighbouring districts. Leaders of different parties including Union Minister
of State Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Ali
Anwar and Rama Singh, the
MPs of JD(U) and LJP respectively visited the village and
appealed for the peace and
communal harmony. They
blamed the local administra-
tion for not acting swiftly to nip

the trouble in the bud. The role
of police is also questioned for
doing little for tracing the
missing youth and becoming a
mute spectator when the relatives of the deceased and other
villagers attacked minority
dominated Azizpur.
The tension further
Security men arrive to control violent mob in a village in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on Sunday following recovery of body of an
abducted youth. PTI
gripped the area following the

recovery of one more teenaged
boy from a paddy field on
Monday. The identity of the 14year-old who had been shot
dead could not be ascertained
immediately.
Meanwhile, at least 16
people of Azizpur village
including women and chil-
dren are reportedly missing.

While the police said they
might have fled to other villages, their relatives said they
could not be located anywhere.
A search operation has been
launched, police said.
The State Government had
ordered a probe into the serious incident jointly by princi-
pal home secretary Sudhir

Kumar and ADG Headquarter
Gupteshwar Pandey. The culprits of both the unfortunate
incidents will be arrested and
taken to task. Nobody will be
allowed to disturb the social
harmony, said Pandey who
rushed to the village late on
Sunday night.
Karunanidhi, PMK blast BJP for Jaya-Jaitley meet Medha Patkar

KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n CHENNAI
A bomb disposal squad member takes away an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
recovered during against NDFB(S) militants at Chirang, Assam on Monday
PTI
26 militants arrested
in Assam, arms &
ammo recovered
ANUP SHARMA n GUWAHATI
security forces engaged in

Thecounter
insurgency operations in Assam have arrested 26
cadres of different militant
organisations in separate incidents on Monday and recovered
huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession.
Defence PRO Lt. Col.
Suneet Newton said this on
Monday and added that while
18 of the arrested militants
belong to NDFBs anti-talk faction, eight others belong to the
Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers
(KPLT). He said that the arrested includes NDFB factions
IED expert Deven Goyari and
other senior cadres of the outfit, who had been directly or
indirectly involved in the
December 23 massacre in three
districts of the State that left 81
people killed. While 11 NDFB
cadres were nabbed from
Chirang district, five cadres of
the outfit were nabbed from
Udalguri district followed by
arrest of two cadres-one each
from Baksa and Guwahati. The
eight KPLT cadres were arrested from Karbi Anglong district,
he said.
He claimed that the arrest of
Goyari was a body blow to the
outfit and said that Goyari had

made an unsuccessful attempt
last month to plant an IED
against Army.
Huge cache of arms and
ammunition including one AK
56 rifle with magazine, one .9
mm pistol, 25 live rounds of 7.62
mm pistols, 54 rounds of live .9
mm ammunition, hand
grenades, five pistols, two improvised explosive devices, nine
detonators and etc, he said
adding that all the cadres had
been arrested in separate operations jointly carried out by the
Army, Assam police and national Investigating Agency (NIA).
The NDFB cadre, who was
arrested from Guwahati by the
CRPF troops had entered the city
to carry out subversive activities
ahead of the forthcoming
Republic Day celebrations, he
added.
It may be mentioned here
that the Army, Assam police and
NIA team had on Saturday last
recovered a huge cache of arms
and ammunition from AssamArunachal Pradesh border in
Sonitpur district. The recovered
arms and ammunition included
two AK 56 rifles, one HK 5.56
rifle, one pistol, two grenades
along with large quantity of different types of ammunition.
uthuvel Karunanidhi, 92year-old president of the

DMK on Monday questioned the
propriety and political morality of
Sundays meeting between Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and
J Jayalalthaa, the general secretary
of the AIADMK at Veda Nilayam,
the latters residence at Poes Garden
in Chennai.
Adding to the woes of the BJP,
its ally the Vanniyar dominated
PMK too has blasted the Sunday
meeting.
Jaitley, who was in Chennai to
attend the marriage of the daughter of S Gurumurthy, the RSS ideologue and eminent chartered
accountant, drove down to Veda
Nialyam at 9pm and was with
Jayalalithaa for 40 minutes which
the AIADMK head quarters
described as a courtesy call.
The DMK leader in a statement
on Monday termed Jaitleys
description of the meeting as a
courtesy call was a blatant lie.
Karunanidhi criticised Prime

Minister Narendra Modi for the
meeting between Jaitley and
Jayalalithaa, who has been convicted and sentenced in the disproportionate wealth case by the
Special Court in Bangalore.
Following the conviction by the
Special Court, Jayalalithaa ceased
to be the Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu and she stood disqualified as
the member of the legislative

Assembly. The AIADMK leader
has approached the Karnataka
High Court with a plea to quash the
Special Court verdict.
The reported comment by
Jaitley that he met Jayalalithaa
with the full knowledge of the
Prime Minister has given rise to
doubts whether Modi is in connivance with her. This is improper and illegal. What the people of
the country will think about this
meeting? Wont they think that
there is something more than what
meets the eye? asked Karunanidhi.
Narendra Modi has promised
to uphold integrity and honesty.
But the action of the BJP
Government is proving to be totally against its promises, said
Karunanidhi.
The DMK chief came down
heavily on the BJP Government at
the Centre for withdrawing the
Income Tax cases filed against
Jayalalithaa and her companion
Sasikala. Referring to the decision
of the finance ministry to withdraw
the IT cases filed against

Jayalalithaa after accepting a fine
from her, the DMK leader asked
the Union Government whether it
would show the same consideration
to others charged with non-filing
of Income Tax.
S Ramadoss, the PMK founder,
demanded an explanation by the
BJPs central leadership about the
meeting. Why should a Central
Minister meet a person convicted
in a criminal case? It is highly condemnable and gives rise to suspicion, Ramadoss told reporters at
Salem.
Meanwhile, State leadership
of the BJP found itself divided on
the issue though no one was willing to come out openly against the
Jaitley-Jayalalithaa meeting. This
has put us in a dilemma especially in the backdrop of the Srirangam
by-election scheduled for February
13. We all are set to field a candidate for the seat which fell vacant
following the disqualification of
\Jayalalithaa, said a senior State
leader.
Boys run with tri-clours ahead of Republic day celebrations in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Monday
PTI
Need to spread awareness on road safety

JAYA SHROFF BHALLA n NEW
DELHI
fter including a mandatory lesson on road safety in

CBSE syllabus for Classes VIX, which will be taught across
schools from the coming session, Minister of roads, transport and highways Nitin
Gadkari has written to States to
include the same in the State
Boards.
Cost of road accidents in
the country is equivalent to 3%
of Indias GDP. In order to
address the issue there is a
need to spread awareness on
road safety through education, strict enforcement of
laws, use of e-governance and
proper road and traffic engineering, said Nitin Gadkari, at
the launch of a website on road
safety in Delhi on Thursday.
We will ensure that education to this effect begins in
the formative years itself, he
said.
The necessary revisions
have been made in the books
(TOTAL NUMBER OF ROAD

ACCIDENTS ACROSS INDIA)
v Nitin Gadkari has written to the Chief

Ministers of all States to embed a chapter on
road safety for students between classes VI
and X.
v People dying on roads in India is a huge
problem and there is very little education
imparted on the subject during school years
v Statistics with the Ministry of Road,
Transport and Highways shows that in the
year 2013, at least 1, 37,572 people died in
road crashes.
Year Road
Accidents
2012 4, 90, 383
2011 4, 97, 686
2010 4, 99, 628
2009 4, 86, 384
2008 4, 84, 704
The necessary revisions have been made in the books

by National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT). Come April, all schools following
the CBSE boards will teach all students mandatory
lessons on road safety
VIJAY CHHIBBER
by National Council of
Educational Research and
Training (NCERT). Come
April, all schools following
the CBSE boards will teach all
students mandatory lessons
on road safety, said Vijay
Chhibber, secretary, Ministry

of Roads and Transport.
The Minister (Gadkari)
has written to all the Chief
Ministers of all States to embed
a chapter on road safety for
students between classes VI
and X. They have also been

sent copies of the NCERT
books so that they could replicate it their books, he said.
According to the officials,
embedding the lesson on road
safety across State Boards will
be a Herculean task as each

State has its own complexities.
We are yet to receive
responses from the State
Governments as it is a little
early but we know it will not be
very easy to change texts, said
an official.
People dying on roads in
India is a huge problem and
there is very little education
imparted on the subject during
school years. We want to send
the message to the children in
their growing up years so that
they grow up with the needed
sensibilities, which help them
become responsible drivers in
Killed
Injured
1, 38, 258 5, 09, 667

1, 42, 485 5, 11, 394
1, 34, 513 5, 27, 512
1, 25, 660 5, 15, 458
1, 19, 860 5, 23, 193
future, he said.
Statistics with the Ministry
of Road, Transport and
Highways shows that in the
year 2013, at least 1, 37,572
people died in road crashes.
Highest causalities were
reported in Uttar Pradesh (16,
004), followed by Tamil Nadu
(15, 563), and Andhra Pradesh
(14, 171).
Another set of data with
the ministry shows that in the
decade 2003-2012 official
toll of people killed on Indian
roads was 11, 54,553 and a at
least 49, 61,970 persons were
injured in road accidents
across the country.
cross-examined in
2002 assault case
PNS n GANDHINAGAR
armada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist

Medha Patkar was cross-examined in
N
the court of Metropolitan Magistrate in
Ahmedabad on Monday in the 2002 Sabarmati
Ashram assault case.
The NBA activist, who had filed an FIR
against National Council for Civil Liberties
President (NCCL), V K Saxena, former
Ahmadabad Mayor, Amit Shah, BJP Yuva
Morcha President, Amit Thakkar and Congress
leader Rohit Patel.
During
crossexamination, she
did not make an
allegation in her
FIR that the assault
on her during a
peace meeting at
Sabarmatis Gandhi
Ashram on 7th
April, 2002 was a
well planned conspiracy.
N C C L
President V K Saxena and former BJP Yuva
Morcha President and Amit Thakkar were present in the Court. Cross examination lasted for
about 2 hours and Court has fixed 17th March
2015 for further cross examination.
In the previous hearing when Patkar was
questioned, she claimed of loss of memory on
several issues. On Monday Patkar was questioned by the advocate and she tried to avoid
answer various questions.
She gave a statement that she didnt
remember by which train she reached
Ahmedabad. She also failed to inform the exact
time of her arrival at Sabarmati Ashram.
However, she admitted that she visited Gandhi
Ashram on the invitation of Gujarati film
actress turned politician Mallika Sarabhai.
Patkar in her earlier cross examination also
admitted that she sustained no injuries, no
medical examination was done on her neither
by the Police after the alleged attack nor she
was examined by her private doctor. She further admitted that she did not take any medical treatment.
Contrary to that, Patkar in her deposition
before the court repeatedly said that the
attack on her was the result of a conspiracy.
COLLEGEUNIONPOLLSINDINAJPUR
16 students, two
policemen injured
Raiganj: Sixteen students and
two policemen were injured in
two separate cases of college student Union election violence in
North Dinajpur district on
Monday.
Four students owing allegiance to AISF (the student
wing of CPI) were injured on
Monday when they were
allegedly attacked by members
of TMCP (student wing of
Trinamool Congress) when they
were walking in a procession
along with former West Bengal
Minister Srikumar Mukherjee at
Itahar in North Dinajpur district, police said.
The students were walking
in a procession alleging that
TMCP members did not allow
other students to file nomination in the Union election of
Meghnand Saha College at
Itahar, they said.
The students of
AISF were
prevented from
filing nomination for
the college students
union election
The police said that the
former Minister Mukherjee
was safe.
The students of AISF were
prevented from filing nomination for the college students
union election, Mukherjee
alleged. He later went to Itahar
police station and sat on a
dharna demanding immediate
arrest of the accused.
In a separate incident at
Surendranath College in
Raiganj, at least 12 students and
two policemen were injured in
a clash between members of
TMCP and SFI and ABVP. PTI
money 11
I have written to the Ministry of

Human Resource Development
to make oil conservation part of
syllabus in primary and
secondary education. We are in
midst of a Conservation
Fortnight that begun January 16
and will last till January 31 to
promote saving all
forms of energy
OIL MINISTER
DHARMENDRA PRADHAN
Budget likely to have major mkt

reforms, including tax incentives
PRASHANT MUKHERJEE n
NEW DELHI
n a bid to spur retail participation in the country, the

Government is working on a
major capital market reforms,
including tax incentives, a
senior finance ministry official
said.
The reforms, which are
likely to be included in the
Budget for 2015-16 (Apr-Mar),
are being planned primarily to
enhance retail participation in
initial public offers and followon public offers, the official said.
Despite the BSE Sensex
and NSE Nifty climbing new
peak in 2014-15, only a few
companies have hit the IPO
market. Only five companies
have raised funds through IPOs
so far in 2014-15. Last years
Budget announcements evoked
poor response as they either
lacked tax clarity or did not give
enough tax incentives to
investors, the official said.
Market experts believe that
the companies are hesitating
because they are not sure if
investors have an appetite for
IPOs. Though the broader
market has rallied, investors are
still sceptical. Experts feel that
the investors are waiting for
actual change on the ground
and the companies know this.
All the capital market proposals, which are under works, will
be discussed with the market
regulator, the Securities and
Exchange Board of India.

also met various market participants as part of the preBudget consultations last week.
The capital markets division of the finance ministry has
sent the Budget proposals to the
Central Board of Direct Taxes
for its views on the tax incentives, the official said.
SEBI had proposed to ease
the rules on fast tracking follow-on public offer or rights
issue of companies. In a discussion paper, SEBI proposed
to lower the minimum market
capitalisation of public shareholding in companies to 2.5 billion rupees from current 30 billion rupees for accessing the fast
track route.
A fast track issue is one
where the companies can open
the issue directly after filing the
red herring prospectus without
filing the draft offer document.
Citing poor response to
Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REIT), the official said the
ministry is carefully examining
each and every proposal.Look
at what happened with REITs.
Till date, there isnt a single
REIT that is registered simply
because there is no tax benefit
on the scheme. Why should
anyone invest in these instruments? said the official. Jaitley
had announced the introduction of REITs and Infrastructure
Investment Trusts in the last
Budget.
BUZZ
FROM
CORP & GOVT
Jaitley hints at special steps to boost public spending

Even with the present constraint of fiscal deficit in revenue, its a challenging and a difficult opportunity
for us. But I think we have to take some special steps as far as public investments is concerned, says FM
CHENNAI: With one-and-a-half
months left for the Budget,

on Monday said the
Government will take special
steps to boost public spending
on infrastructure and initiate
measures to rationalise subsidies.
Even with the present constraint of fiscal deficit in revenue, its a challenging and a difficult opportunity for us. But I
think we have to take some special steps as far as public investments is concerned, he said.
The Minister underlined
the need for stepping up public investments in infrastructure
sector to boost economic
growth.
The whole PPP model is
still under stress and we have to
revive this. This is a course we
are on and hopefully, with clarity in governance, we will be
able to proceed, he said while
addressing a CII function here.
Referring to the need to
rationalise subsidies, the
Minister said: From January 1,
LPG subsidy is going through
banks...We have to gradually
rationalise all possible subsidies.
The Government is expected to incorporate the sugges-
tions of the Expenditure

Finance Commission headed
by former RBI Governor Bimal
Jalan in the budget proposals
for 2015-16, which will be presented by Jaitley next month.
Jalan is reported to have
submitted interim recommendations to the Finance Ministry
suggesting various steps to
rationalise subsidies and public expenditure.
The Governments subsidy
bill towards oil and fertilisers
runs into lakhs of crores of
rupees.
The Minister also underlined the need for stability in tax
and other policies to make
India an attractive place for
investment.
The implementation of the
Goods and Services Tax (GST),
he added, will help in improving the business climate in the
country. The GST, Jaitley said,
was welcomed by differentstates
and that none of them will lose
a single rupee following the
implementation of the new
indirect tax regime.
A seamless transfer of GST
is going to add to the GDP. It
will make business easier. In the
long run it may even lower
taxes. Higher
buoyancy is going to help
CCI order related to realty

sector likely in 2-3 weeks: Chawla
PNS n NEW DELHI
he Competition Commission of India is likely to

pass its ruling in next two to three weeks on the
alleged unfair business ways in the realty space, a case
where about 20 entities came under the regulators
scanner.
We will come out with our order. It will be a
speaking order and I cant say at this stage what our
thinking (on the matter is), Competition Commission
of India (CCI) Chairman Ashok Chawla said on
Monday.
Responding to a query on when the ruling related to realty sector is expected, he said, I cannot give
you a specific date but may be in the next two or three
weeks.
He was speaking on the sidelines of an event organised by industry body Assocham.
The fair trade watchdog has completed hearings
of entities who were issued notices with regard to the
issue of alleged cartelisation and anti-competitive trade
practices.
CCI had issued notices to about 20 entities, including realty companies, following a detailed probe by its
Director General (DG).
DG, which is the investigation arm of the
Commission, had flagged off various issues in the real
estate space.
Among others, the developers are being probed for
inserting one-sided clauses in favour of the companies and against the interest of consumers in the buyer
agreements for sale of flats, apartments and other residential properties.
On the proposed Holcim-Lafarge merger deal,
which was put under public scrutiny by the regulator,
Chawla said the decision on the matter is likely in the
next one month.
The deal between Holcim and Lafarge, both of
which have good presence in India, would create one
As we are planning to open

retail stores we look at how
we will holistically grow our
business here. This will
include knowledge transfers
and investment in skill
development as we
increase employment in
both supply chain and retail
IKEA INDIA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
JUVENCIO MAEZTU
We will come out with our order.

It will be a speaking order and I
cant say at this stage what our
thinking (on the matter is)
CCI CHAIRMAN
ASHOK CHAWLA
of the worlds largest cement makers. It was announced
in April 2014.
After prima facie finding that the transaction
could violate fair trade norms, CCI put the same under
public scrutiny in November last year. Swiss major
Holcim has controlling stakes in Indias two leading
cement makers - ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements.
On the status of complaint filed against e-retailers, including Flipkart, Chawla said the Commission
is looking at the matter.
CCI has been looking into alleged anti-competitive conduct by online retail firms like Flipkart
India, Amazon, Jasper Infotech and Xerion Retail.
E-commerce firms like Flipkart have come under
the scanner of the Competition Commission following massive discount sales by them.
the States in areas where States

had no share of taxation (like)
service tax, Jaitley said.
Stating that today almost
THE WHOLE PPP MODEL

IS STILL UNDER STRESS
AND WE HAVE TO
REVIVE THIS. THIS IS A
COURSE WE ARE ON
AND HOPEFULLY, WITH
CLARITY IN
GOVERNANCE, WE WILL
BE ABLE TO PROCEED
FINANCE MINISTER
ARUN JAITLEY
Telecom Commission
suggests `3,705 cr
per Mhz for 3G
NEW DELHI: Inter-ministerial panel
Telecom Commission has suggested
a base price of `3,705 crore per megahertz as 3G spectrum base price for
upcoming auction, about 11 per cent
higher than what companies paid for
the same in 2010 sale.
It is also 36 per cent higher than
what regulator TRAIs recommendation of `2,720 crore per Mhz.
TC (Telecom Commission) is
of the view that Rs 3,705 crore should
be the base for 3G spectrum. The
pricing will be proposed to be placed
before Cabinet on Wednesday, an
official source told the news agency.
The Commission, headed by
Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg,
has considered sale of only 5 megahertz of 3G spectrum, while determining the price.
This is only 25 per cent 20 Mhz
recommended for auction by TRAI.
The industry had also demanded sale
of 20 Mhz.
While TRAI has recommended
5 Mhz of 3G spectrum should be
counted as one block, which means
it can be bought by one company, the
panel has suggested that 5 Mhz be
divided in to two blocks of 2.5 Mhz
each.
All the 3G spectrum, which proposed to be put up for auction, need
to be freed by the Defence Ministry.
The Ministry has agreed to free 5
Mhz of 3G spectrum as of now and
15 Mhz when the government will
notify a dedicated spectrum for
defence forces as Defence Band and
Defence Interest Zone.
Rs two lakh crore are collected

as Service Tax and States also
have a share of it, he said some
consuming States will gain
from day one of GST implementation.
Referring to the proposed
changes in land acquisition
laws, Jaitley said that it would
eventually help farmers to get
a better price for their land.
Moreover, he added, establishment of rural infrastructure
and industrial corridors would
increase the price of land and
generate employment for rural
youth.
Commenting on the
changes in companies law, he
said the Government is committed to improving ease of
doing business.
Yes, we are committed to
the ease of doing business...We
worked out the amendment, I
moved the amendment in
Parliament that has been unanimously passed by Lok Sabha
and it is now pending before the
Rajya Sabha, he added.
Jaitley said he wondered
why the industry chambers
supported new Companies
Act brought by the previous
UPA government though it
had incorporated some of the
provisions from anti-terror-
Need to gradually
rationalise all subsidies
CHENNAI: Ahead of the 2015-16 Budget, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley on Monday said there was a need to rationalise all subsidies and ensure stability in policies to attract investment and
drive growth.
From January 1 LPG subsidy is going through banks...We
have to gradually rationalise all possible subsidies, the Minister
said while addressing a CII function here.
The Government is expected to incorporate the suggestions of the Expenditure Finance Commission headed by former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan in the budget proposals for
2015-16.
Jalan is reported to have submitted interim recommendations to the Finance Ministry suggesting various steps to
rationalise subsidies and public expenditure.
The Governments subsidy bill towards oil, fertilisers runs
into lakhs of crores of rupees.
The Minister also underline the need for stability in tax
and other policies to make India an attractive place for investment. The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax
(GST), he added, will help in improving the business climate
in the country.
PTI
ism and narcotics laws.
Also, he said the previous
companies law unduly
favoured minority shareholders.
The basis of companys
law in India is corporate
democracy. Rule by minority

is completely to the contrary.
Now this Company Law
which has been passed has
provisions which actually
enable rule by minority,
Jaitley said.
PTI
RBI asks banks to review

minimum lending rate every quarter
PNS n MUMBAI
As hitherto, banks are required to

review the Base Rate at least once
in a quarter with the approval of the
Board or the Asset Liability
Management Committee (ALCO) as
per the banks practice, said RBIs
new guidelines on Interest
Rates on Advances
central Bank, Reserve

Countrys
Bank of India on Monday
asked banks to notify the base rate,
or the minimum lending rate, at
least once in every three months
based on cost of funds, a move seen
as a nudge to lenders to pass on
changes in policy rate to borrowers.
The direction comes soon after
Reserve Bank cut repo rate by 0.25
per cent, the first reduction in 20
months, to boost credit and economic growth.
Banks have in the past shown
reluctance to pass on benefits of
rate cut but have been proactive in
raising benchmark lending rate
soon after repo rate (the rate at
which RBI lends to banks) is
hiked.
At present, the review of the
base rate does not have a fixed
schedule.
As hitherto, banks are required
to review the Base Rate at least once
in a quarter with the approval of the
Board or the Asset Liability
Management Committee (ALCO)
as per the banks practice, said
RBIs new guidelines on Interest
Rates on Advances.
Banks will, however, not be
allowed to change their methodology during the review cycle, RBI
said.
New guidelines will come into
effect from February 19. While
computing Base Rate, banks will
have the freedom to calculate cost

of funds either on the basis of average cost of funds or on marginal
cost of funds or any other methodology in vogue, which is reasonable
and transparent provided it is consistent and made available for
supervisory review/scrutiny as and
when required, it said.
Further, RBI said it has been
decided to allow banks to review
the Base Rate methodology after
three years from date of its finalization instead of the current periodicity of five years. This has been
done to provide banks greater
operational flexibility.
Accordingly, banks may
change their Base Rate methodology after completion of prescribed
period with the approval of their
Board of Directors/ ALCO, it
said. On interest margins, the RBI
said an existing borrower should
not be charged extra except on
account of deterioration in the
credit risk profile of the customer
or change in the tenor premium.
Any such decision regarding

change in spread on account of
change in credit risk profile
should be supported by a fullfledged risk profile review of the
customer. The change in tenor
premium should not be borrower specific or loan class specific.
In other words, the change in
tenor premium will be uniform
for all types of loans for a given
residual tenor, RBI added.
It also said banks should have
a Board approved policy delineating the components of spread
charged to a customer. It should
be ensured that any price differentiation is consistent with banks
credit pricing policy, RBI added.
Banks internal pricing policy, it said must spell out the
rationale for, and range of, the
spread in the case of a given category of borrower, as also, the
delegation of powers in respect of
loan pricing. The rationale of the
policy should be available for
supervisory review.
Mining leases only through auction, POSCO project set to get delayed again
All mines would be allocated through auction route only and there would not be any allocation through the dispensation route. How come the two routes co-exist? ... We need to choose between the two. Ordinance will bring transparency, he says
PNS n NEW DELHI
aving promulgated the

Mines and Minerals
H
(Development and regulation)
(Amendment)
Ordinance 2014 which
entails auction of mining
leases, Mines Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar said
on Monday that all mining
leases will be given away
through the bidding route.
He also made it clear that
South Korean steel giant
POSCO, too, will have to
follow suit, which clearly
means that its jinxed mega
steel plant project in Odisha
will face further delays.
The promulgation of the
ordinance has come as a setback for POSCO, which for
long has been seeking the
permission
to
mine
Kandadhar iron ore reserves

for its upcoming 8 million
tonnes mega steel plant in
Odisha. Like other companies, it too will now have to
participate in the auction in
order to seek the lease for
the aforementioned reserve.
This means that the
much delayed POSCO project, may be relegated to the
back burner, as according to
sources privy to the development, the auction process
is likely to begin only after
exploration of all the 199
mines (which the Centre
has identified for the auction process) is completed.
This, they added, is going to
take around three to four
years.
Tomar, who was speaking to media persons after a
day-long conference held
with the mining ministers

of all mineral-rich states,
however, claimed that all
the 199 mines will be put up
for auction soon.
He said that the modalities for the auction have
already begun and the mini s t r y ai m s t o s t ar t t h e

process as soon as possible.
Asked about POSCO
seeking the Kandadhar iron
ore reserve, Tomar said that
like others, it, too, will have
to bid in order to seek the

said mining lease.
A l l m i n e s wou l d b e
allocated through auction
route only and there would
not b e any allo cation
through the dispensation
route. How come the two

routes co-exist? ... We need
to choose between the two.
Ordinance will bring transparency, he said.
Mines Secretary Anup
Pujari though offered a
slightly different take on
the matter. While stating
that from now on all mines
would be allocated through
the auction route only, but
in cases where the Centre
has given concurrence or
the States have conveyed
letter of intent by whatever name it is called to
allottees, seamless transaction can happen in those
cases.
POSCO had signed a
Mo U w i t h t h e O d i s h a
Government, whether it has
a letter of intent is not
clear.
This slight change in

approach could have
emerged owing to pressure
from the states which were
present during the meeting,
sources said.
According to sources,
Odishas Minister of State
for Steel and Mines Prafulla
Kumar Mallik is learnt to
have expressed displeasure
over the prospects of
POSCOs steel plant getting further delayed due to
the auction process. The
State Government is learnt
to have indicated that it
may oppose the ordinance
when it will come up in
Parliament next month,
sources added.
Later while speaking to
reporters, Mallik said, these
commitments (on POSCO)
should be honoured under
t he ne w disp ens ation

(Ordinance). POSCO was
the largest proposed FDI
project in the country for
which the Government of
India has made an international commitment. The
nation will be sending a very
wrong signal to the international investor community by
completely ignoring these
international commitments
for supporting the raw material requirement of the project.
The 199 mines identified
by the Government for the proposed auction, contain minerals such as iron ore, bauxite and
manganese ore. These mines
are located in the mineralrich states such as Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,
Gujarat and Maharashtra, said
Tomar.
money 12
Gold regains `28,000 mark on

seasonal demand, global cues
PNS n NEW DELHI
The precious metal rose to `28,080

per ten grams largely on the back
of sustained buying by jewellers
and retailers to meet ongoing
wedding season demand amid a
firming global trend
hand, remained unaltered at
`23,900 per piece of eight grams.
Silver ready fell by `45 to
`39,100 per kg and weeklybased delivery by `90 to `
NIFTY STOCK WATCH

SCRIP
WIPRO
GAIL
BHEL
AMBUJACEM
AXISBANK
LUPIN
IDFC
BHARTIARTL
TATAMOTORS
M&M
ICICIBANK
SUNPHARMA
LT
CIPLA
PNB
DRREDDY
HINDALCO
NMDC
NTPC
RELIANCE
ACC
CAIRN
GRASIM
POWERGRID
ULTRACEMCO
BANKBARODA
ONGC
HCLTECH
HDFCBANK
TATASTEEL
JINDALSTEL
COALINDIA
SSLT
TATAPOWER
MARUTI
INDUSINDBK
KOTAKBANK
ZEEL
ITC
INFY
BAJAJ-AUTO
TECHM
SBIN
DLF
TCS
HDFC
ASIANPAINT
HEROMOTOCO
BPCL
HINDUNILVR
OPEN HIGH
591.1 598.5
421.2 446.3
274.2 282.4
239.3 247.5
519.45 531.8
1,431.00 1,467.50
167.2 171.2
343.9 352.3
526.5 539.6
1,304.90 1,335.00
355.5 361.8
855 866.15
1,603.00 1,623.00
652 661.55
205.45 208.5
3,280.00 3,330.00
140.95 141.7
136 137.6
140.9 142.9
870.2
886
1,521.90 1,537.00
235 235.6
3,652.60 3,715.00
147.15 148.9
3,099.00 3,139.95
1,085.00 1,096.50
349.1
353
1,650.00 1,730.00
1,013.25 1,020.00
384.6 386.9
150.95 153.6
379 383.9
195 195.95
82.5 83.65
3,627.70 3,642.50
835 837.8
1,393.20 1,399.00
388 389.6
360 361.75
2,120.00 2,132.35
2,420.10 2,420.10
2,815.00 2,820.00
316.55 317.95
146.9 148.6
2,536.00 2,551.00
1,198.00 1,204.65
846
848
2,900.05 2,920.00
659.25 661.05
946.3 947.4
LOW
582.35
421.2
273.05
238.5
516.85
1,430.00
166.85
341.9
523.15
1,296.00
353.5
853.1
1,601.90
649
205.45
3,269.70
139.5
135.3
139.85
858.75
1,510.60
232.8
3,642.80
144.4
3,066.50
1,082.10
345.8
1,639.80
1,002.95
380.55
149.6
374.1
192.05
82.4
3,615.20
827
1,382.00
381.05
356
2,094.60
2,399.50
2,783.10
312.5
143.2
2,503.00
1,178.15
829.55
2,836.00
642.7
886.05
6-week high, Wipro jumps 5 %

PNS n NEW DELHI
on Monday crossed the

Gold
`28,000 level after over
four months by gaining `100 at
the bullion market in the

national capital.
The precious metal rose to
`28,080 per ten grams largely
on the back of sustained buying by jewellers and retailers to
meet ongoing wedding season
demand amid a firming global trend.
Silver, however, fell by `45
to `39,100 per kg owing to subdued demand at prevailing
levels.
Bullion merchants said
apart from sustained buying by
jewellers and retailers to meet
rising wedding season demand,
a firming global trend mainly
boosted the sentiment.
Gold rose to almost fourmonth high ahead of European
Central Bank policy makers
meet to discuss introduction of
new stimulus.
Globally, gold shot up by $
17.70, or 1.40 per cent to $
1,280.30 an ounce in New York
on Friday.
In Delhi, gold of 99.9 and
99.5 per cent purity gained
another `100 each to Rs 28,080
and `27,880 per ten gram
respectively, a level last seen on
September 2. The precious metal
has gained ` 660 in the previous
two days.
Sovereign, on the other
Sensex, Nifty rise to over
LTP CHANGE
584.45
29.4
441 16.05
282.4
8.55
246.6
7.25
529.7
14.9
1,465.95
37.9
170.35
4
350.75
7.9
536.95
11.2
1,331.50
26.9
360.05
6.2
863.05
13.3
1,616.55
24.8
657
9.65
208.05
3
3,328.90
43.1
140.35
1.8
137.15
1.75
142.15
1.75
879.75 10.05
1,536.00 17.65
234.25
2.4
3,660.00
23.5
148.3
0.95
3,089.00
18.9
1,085.75
4.9
348.6
1.5
1,646.10
7.1
1,005.00
3.65
384.7
1.3
151.35
0.5
380
0.95
193.6
0.35
82.75
0.05
3,616.85
0.25
830
-1.85
1,392.00
-3.35
384
-1.85
358.2
-1.9
2,105.00
-13.3
2,404.95
-15.2
2,797.25
-19.7
313.2
-2.25
145.1
-1.15
2,509.00 -23.15
1,181.00 -13.55
830.5 -12.95
2,846.20
-51.5
646.25 -13.05
893.7 -47.35
JUNIOR NIFTY
SCRIP
OPEN HIGH LOW
LTP CHANGE
YESBANK
809.95 827.25 806.3
826 23.35
GLENMARK
726 740.5
726
740
17.8
IDEA
151.85 156.2 150.65
155.4
3.6
DABUR
252.05 262.3 251.7
257.2
5.8
CANBK
457.55 466.5 453.85
464.3
9.4
TITAN
389.2 395.5 389.2
394
6.8
FEDERALBNK
145.2 147.4 144.85 147.25
2.5
RCOM
78.45 80.95
77.9
79.55
1.3
RPOWER
61.25
62.9 61.25
62.5
0.95
TATAGLOBAL
154.3 157.8 154.3
156.4
2.1
ABIRLANUVO 1,765.10 1,792.00 1,758.00 1,786.00
22.6
LICHSGFIN
489.7 495.4 486.75
493.3
6.25
ADANIENT
502
512 500.15
506.5
6.2
APOLLOHOSP 1,203.00 1,209.00 1,192.10 1,200.00
14.2
RELINFRA
486.25 495.8
486
491
5.25
CONCOR
1,389.80 1,404.80 1,375.00 1,385.05
14.4
RECLTD
326.3 334.85 326.3
329.5
3.25
INFRATEL
335.2
343 335.2
343
3
SIEMENS
967.8 987.4 955.6
972.9
7.8
UNIONBANK
237.4 240.9 236.2
238.3
1.9
PFC
292
299
292
293
2.3
OIL
526 538.9
526
530.9
3.9
MOTHERSUMI 452.95 461.5 452.6
454.6
3.1
UBL
943.4 962.7 940.15 947.95
5.6
RELCAPITAL
465.4 474.6 465.4
468
2.6
CUMMINSIND
890
912
890
893
4.65
BOSCHLTD 21,305.0021,679.5021,305.0021,547.90 106.35
OFSS
3,345.05 3,375.00 3,330.00 3,360.00 14.85
AUROPHARMA 1,161.00 1,172.00 1,152.00 1,159.70
4.35
UPL
370.7 374.5 367.25
371.2
1.05
GSKCONS
5,715.05 5,750.00 5,684.00 5,716.00 14.25
TATACHEM
446 450.9 443.1
445
0.95
BHARATFORG 1,026.30 1,038.00 1,015.00 1,020.00
1.3
INGVYSYABK
978.9
979 965.3
972.7
1.1
DIVISLAB
1,721.00 1,728.00 1,705.40 1,710.55
-1.6
SAIL
77.3
78.1 76.05
76.85
-0.1
CROMPGREAV
190.1 192.3 188.65
189.2
-0.3
JSWSTEEL
986 992.1 972.3
977.8
-2.65
EXIDEIND
183.7 187.8 183.5
184.5
-0.7
BANKINDIA
303.5 304.5 297.6
299.1
-1.3
BAJAJFINSV 1,272.90 1,286.20 1,251.00 1,260.00
-7.65
COLPAL
1,972.00 1,976.90 1,940.00 1,945.70
-13.4
ADANIPORTS 332.05 334.8 326.6
328.6
-2.25
PETRONET
197.9 198.75 194.6
195.7
-1.9
GLAXO
3,225.00 3,227.00 3,165.10 3,170.00
-35.1
BAJAJHLDNG 1,435.00 1,458.00 1,410.95 1,414.05 -20.85
HINDPETRO
565
570 554.8
560.5 -11.65
SRTRANSFIN 1,171.20 1,177.10 1,117.15 1,140.15 -24.95
GODREJCP 1,134.65 1,135.00 1,066.40 1,099.00
-26.4
M&MFIN
290 293.3 282.55
286
-21.9
Bse 500
Script
Traded
3MINDIA
AARTIIND
ABAN
ABB
ABBOTINDIA
ABGSHIP
ABIRLANUVO
ACC
ACCELYA
ADANIENT
ADANIPORTS
ADANIPOWER
ADVANTA
AHMEDFORGE
AIAENG
AIL
AJANTPHARM
AKZOINDIA
ALBK
ALLCARGO
ALOKTEXT
ALSTOMT&D
AMARAJABAT
AMBUJACEM
AMTEKAUTO
AMTEKINDIA
ANANTRAJ
ANDHRABANK
APLLTD
APOLLOHOSP
APOLLOTYRE
ARVIND
ASAHIINDIA
ASHOKLEY
ASIANPAINT
ASTRAL
ASTRAMICRO
ASTRAZEN
ATUL
AUROPHARMA
Last
Price
6628.7
265
477.55
1270.2
4022.35
213
1783.65
1533.65
1036
505.85
328.55
46.7
356.2
341.6
1055.65
675.3
2514.55
1451.05
128.55
333.2
10.45
473
829.05
246.35
180.35
68.6
47
93.35
469
1200.5
228.85
278.6
132.95
60.5
831.65
390.85
143.75
855.6
1374.1
1160.45
39,070 per kg.

Silver coins remained
steady at `63,000 for buying and
` 64,000 for selling of 100
pieces.
Abs Change
Change
%
55.25
0.84
-0.2 -0.08
3
0.63
-6.55 -0.51
5.45
0.14
-1.8 -0.84
23.35
1.33
15.55
1.02
-12.1 -1.15
5.8
1.16
-2.4 -0.73
0.9
1.97
5.05
1.44
1.7
0.5
0.8
0.08
-5.75 -0.84
38.75
1.57
1.15
0.08
0.8
0.63
-0.55 -0.16
-0.2 -1.88
-6 -1.25
-16.35 -1.93
7.05
2.95
2
1.12
0.2
0.29
0.95
2.06
0.8
0.86
8.85
1.92
14.1
1.19
3
1.33
5.5
2.01
-1.25 -0.93
0.1
0.17
-11.85
-1.4
7.35
1.92
3.9
2.79
-3.75 -0.44
-30.15 -2.15
5.4
0.47
CENTURYPLY
CENTURYTEX
CERA
CESC
CHAMBLFERT
CHENNPETRO
CHOLAFIN
CIPLA
CLNINDIA
CMC
COALINDIA
COLPAL
CONCOR
COROMANDEL
CORPBANK
COX&KINGS
CRESSAN
CRISIL
CROMPGREAV
CUB
CUMMINSIND
CYIENT
DABUR
DALMIABHA
DBCORP
DBREALTY
DCBBANK
DCMSHRIRAM
DEEPAKFERT
DELTACORP
DEN
DENABANK
DHANBANK
DHFL
DISHMAN
DISHTV
DIVISLAB
DLF
DRREDDY
ECLERX
EDELWEISS
EICHERMOT
ensex on Monday jumped

140.12 points to end at over
six-week high of 28,262.01 led
by sharp gains in tech major
Wipro and bluechips from
banking and auto, shrugging
off weak cues from China
where stocks suffered
their biggest drop
since 2008.
Capital inflows in
stocks from consumer durables, capital goods, pharma
and power stocks also
helped domestic
indices cement gains
even as Hang Seng
and Shanghai indices
slumped after moves
by authorities to curb
speculative lending.
Country's third
largest software services exporter, Wipro,
today was the top
Sensex gainer with a
rise of 5.26 per cent after it
announced better than expected earnings last Friday after
markets closed.
Besides Wipro, ICICI
Bank, Tata Motors, Axis Bank,
RIL, L&T M&M, Sun Pharma,
Bharti Airtel, GAIL and BHEL
shares also attracted good buying. However, fall in HUL,
HDFC, TCS, Infosys, SBI and
Hero MotoCorp capped the
benchmark's gains.
The BSE 30-share barometer resumed higher in line
173.7
562.25
2091.65
727.95
61.5
70.15
516.7
657.4
961.5
1903.6
378.8
1944.05
1381.2
293.4
351.45
320.4
28
2022
189.45
94.1
892.35
564.5
257.45
469.1
408.75
66.5
118.7
145.25
137.9
98.9
125
59.7
40.15
494.15
126.65
68.45
1715
145.25
3310
1313.35
64.5
15466.1
8.95
-9.3
64.9
-1.4
1.95
0.2
1.95
10.4
-183.6
-15.8
0.9
-16.55
4.75
-0.45
2.55
2.55
1.4
45
0.4
-0.7
4.95
-11.75
5.75
-1.3
11.4
-0.55
-0.1
2.55
-0.35
0.05
4.4
-0.15
-0.3
6.7
-5.3
-0.25
3.2
-0.85
29.55
9.6
0.5
135.6
5.43
-1.63
3.2
-0.19
3.27
0.29
0.38
1.61
-16.03
-0.82
0.24
-0.84
0.35
-0.15
0.73
0.8
5.26
2.28
0.21
-0.74
0.56
-2.04
2.28
-0.28
2.87
-0.82
-0.08
1.79
-0.25
0.05
3.65
-0.25
-0.74
1.37
-4.02
-0.36
0.19
-0.58
0.9
0.74
0.78
0.88
NSE: GAINERS
BSE: GAINERS
Current (Chng %)
Current (Chng %)
SPARC
237.75 (19.98)
WIPRO
584.45 (5.30)
RAJESHEXPO
169.20 (19.28)
GAIL
441.00 (3.78)
SUZLON
17.48 (8.50)
BHEL
282.40 (3.12)
SINTEX
105.05 (7.80)
AMBUJACEM
246.60 (3.03)
JUBILANT
159.00 (7.36)
AXISBANK
529.70 (2.89)
13.75
-8.75
-4.4
13.85
-6.45
0
-22.9
-30.65
-7.25
0.15
-5.85
0.55
3.35
-0.85
118
2.95
60
20.05
-44.75
7.4
-0.55
1.9
2.35
0.1
7.7
7.05
0.65
1.8
-13.25
200.1
3.7
0.6
128.65
-11.65
-16.4
-6.35
2.1
9.2
3.75
1.8
-3.55
-0.3
0.9
-1.85
-7.2
-0.65
EIDPARRY
EIHOTEL
ELGIEQUIP
EMAMILTD
ENGINERSIN
ENIL
EROSMEDIA
ESCORTS
ESSAROIL
ESSARPORTS
ESSDEE
EXIDEIND
FAGBEARING
FCEL
FDC
FEDERALBNK
FINANTECH
FINCABLES
FINOLEXIND
FLFL
FORTIS
FRL
FSL
GAIL
GATI
GDL
GEOMETRIC
GESHIP
GICHSGFIN
GILLETTE
GITANJALI
GLAXO
GLENMARK
GMDCLTD
GMRINFRA
GNFC
GODFRYPHLP
GODREJCP
GODREJIND
GODREJPROP
GOLDLINE
GPPL
GRANULES
GRAPHITE
GRASIM
GREAVESCOT
AXISBANK
BAJAJ-AUTO
BAJAJCORP
BAJAJELEC
BAJAJFINSV
BAJAJHIND
BAJAJHLDNG
BAJFINANCE
BALKRISIND
BALLARPUR
BALMLAWRIE
BALRAMCHIN
BANKBARODA
BANKINDIA
BASF
BATAINDIA
BAYERCROP
BBTC
BEL
BEML
BERGEPAINT
BFUTILITIE
BGRENERGY
BHARATFORG
BHARTIARTL
BHEL
BHUSANSTL
BIOCON
BIRLACORPN
BLUEDART
BLUESTARCO
BOMDYEING
BOSCHLTD
BPCL
BRITANNIA
CADILAHC
CAIRN
CANBK
CAPF
CARBORUNIV
CARERATING
CASTROLIND
CCL
CCLINTER
CEATLTD
CENTRALBK
528.65
2411.3
421.5
246.35
1262.9
19
1411.5
3892.6
655.85
16.1
588.3
62.9
1083.65
299.15
1442.15
1438.95
3724
483.6
3252.25
925.25
225.85
606.5
165.65
1018.5
350.25
281.1
87.45
431.6
475.6
7593
358.7
66.55
21522.4
645.45
1908.45
1626.2
234.05
463.1
417.7
169
1570
506.3
174.45
478.1
825.4
98.35
2.67
-0.36
-1.03
5.96
-0.51
0
-1.6
-0.78
-1.09
0.94
-0.98
0.88
0.31
-0.28
8.91
0.21
1.64
4.33
-1.36
0.81
-0.24
0.31
1.44
0.01
2.25
2.57
0.75
0.42
-2.71
2.71
1.04
0.91
0.6
-1.77
-0.85
-0.39
0.91
2.03
0.91
1.08
-0.23
-0.06
0.52
-0.39
-0.86
-0.66
189.65
112.9
161
873.1
226.4
589.1
367.5
132.35
108.35
112
304.7
183.85
3558
11.94
157
146.6
204.05
268.05
301.15
77
107.9
113.3
31.25
440.4
277.65
382.85
134.3
347.65
282.7
3450.5
52.9
3177
736.85
128.85
16.95
85.3
564.9
1092.8
309.4
262.35
495.2
206.9
825.45
88.4
3650.5
142.25
0.2
-2.3
0.85
-3.05
1.15
-14.65
-6.25
2.1
2.35
0.9
-7.35
-1.35
24.6
-0.28
1.6
2.15
1.8
-4.15
13.4
0.2
2.25
-0.85
-0.15
15.85
0.15
17.85
4.45
-1.95
4.3
-45
-0.45
-25.5
14.65
2.9
-0.1
1.1
8.2
-24.7
-5
2.6
1.2
-0.8
-2.55
2.55
20.3
-2.95
0.11
-2
0.53
-0.35
0.51
-2.43
-1.67
1.61
2.22
0.81
-2.36
-0.73
0.7
-2.29
1.03
1.49
0.89
-1.52
4.66
0.26
2.13
-0.74
-0.48
3.73
0.05
4.89
3.43
-0.56
1.54
-1.29
-0.84
-0.8
2.03
2.3
-0.59
1.31
1.47
-2.21
-1.59
1
0.24
-0.39
-0.31
2.97
0.56
-2.03
with firm Asian cues on the

back of smart rise on Wall
Street on last Friday. It
remained in positive terrain
throughout the day before concluding at 28,262.01, revealing
a gain of 140.12 points or 0.50
per cent. This is its strongest
close since 28,458.1 on
December 5, 2014.
In straight three sessions,
the Sensex has flared up by
915.19 points or 3.35 per cent,
including biggest gains in last
five years of 728.73 points on
January 15, 2014. The wider 50issue CNX Nifty of the NSE
also improved further by 36.90
points, or 0.43 per cent, to 11/2-month high of 8,550.70.
"Markets are currently in a
very narrow range of 82008500 level amidst lack of strong
market cues.
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Govt bans mobile

handsets with
fake, duplicate
identity nos
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s lakhs of crores of rupees earmarked annually towards central Plan Expenditure, NITI Aayog will actively monitor and
evaluate implementation of Government programmes and initiatives, Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh said here on Monday.
"With central Plan Expenditure of the order of `5.75 lakh crore
was being channelised per year for development, it was absolutely necessary that there is concurrent, comprehensive, credible and
reliable evaluation.
"A major task before the NITI Aayog is to actively monitor
and evaluate implementation of programmes and initiatives,"
Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said while inaugurating 5-day's EvalWeek.
The event mainly focuses on strategies to spread awareness
about and use of evaluation as a tool for enhancing result from
policies and programmes of good governance.
It is being jointly organised by National Institute for Labour
Economics Research and Development (NILRD) and Programme
Evaluation Organisation of the NITI Aayog.Singh stressed for a
time-bound, ethical and credible evaluations based on groundlevel evidence and feedback conducted by independent organisations without any conflict of interest."In spite of the long history of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the country, somehow, a national evaluation policy had not come into existence.
prohibited imports of all kind of

mobile handsets with fake or
duplicate unique identity numbers, a move that will help
security agencies in tracking
callers using different SIM
cards.
"GSM mobile handsets with
duplicate IMEI or fake IMEI &
'CDMA mobile handsets' with
duplicate ESN (Electronic Serial
Number)/MEID (Mobile
Equipment Identifier) or fake
ESN/MEID are added to the list
of 'Prohibited' items for import,"
Director General of Foreign
Trade said in a notification.
An IMEI number a 1517 digit number unique to
mobile phones that use the
GSM technology platform
is used to identify a device on
a cellphone network.
HUL Q3 profit rises 17.8%

PNS n NEW DELHI
industan Unilever on Monday reported

17.87 per cent rise in standalone net
profit at `1,252.17 crore for OctoberDecember quarter on the back of reduction
in input costs and proceeds from sale of properties.
The company had posted a net profit of
`1,062.31 crore in the October-December
quarter of 2013-14.
HUL's net sales increased by 7.69 per cent
to ` 7,579.18 crore in the third quarter of cur-
52.25
26.75
20.9
12.32
112.75
997.6
976.4
159
1405.25
1528
265.2
6.01
671.85
233.35
2265.15
91.6
114.45
271.15
550
190.15
1389
215.15
118.65
770.2
74
153.05
68.85
86.8
4048.75
493.6
441.1
6.18
1614.9
1462.7
1332.05
287.15
109.2
43.7
239.05
501.2
224.4
33.85
357.6
62.8
3626.35
404
217.75
859.45
265.9
1412.6
58.95
298.5
3323.25
456
284
372
39447.85
47.65
28.15
207.75
572
1547.25
47.1
809.05
112.25
822.45
194.8
75.2
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7040
63.1
76.9
19.3
373.5
36.85
4.15
-0.05
-0.1
-0.03
5.5
-5.75
-2.2
10.9
-14.75
-14.9
-1.55
-0.12
16.85
-2.9
25.05
-0.05
-2.75
1.3
-2.5
0.6
-6.9
4.2
7.4
-7.9
-0.55
9.45
0.3
0.9
107.75
6.85
4.4
-0.01
22
33.7
28.2
-20.8
-0.05
0.05
6.1
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2.2
-0.15
6.1
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12.45
-2.25
1.35
12
3.55
32.7
0.45
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56.4
4.5
-0.75
-5.95
309.8
0.55
0.55
9.9
11.35
17.45
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-1.55
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2.75
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0.4
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0
3.05
0.45
8.63
-0.19
-0.48
-0.24
5.13
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-0.58
-1.96
2.57
-1.23
1.12
-0.05
-2.35
0.48
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0.32
-0.49
1.99
6.65
-1.02
-0.74
6.58
0.44
1.05
2.73
1.41
1.01
-0.16
1.38
2.36
2.16
-6.75
-0.05
0.11
2.62
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0.99
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1.74
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0.34
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0.62
1.42
1.35
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0.77
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1.17
1.99
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PNS n New Delhi
NEW DELHI: Government has
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0.6
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0.78
1.26
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0.62
2.17
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0.9
1.94
2.34
-0.33
2.27
2.37
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1.97
0.69
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-0.73
-0.4
-0.17
0.57
-0.56
-0.48
-0.22
-0.71
0.5
-0.19
2.08
-2.47
1.42
-0.25
1.08
1.14
-1.46
2.73
-1.78
0.72
1.07
0.33
0.43
0.23
2.09
0.71
NITI Aayog to monitor, evaluate

Govt policies, says Plan Minister
GOLD
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39500
39500
39500
61.75
71.63
93.52
0.53
NMDC
NOVARTIND
NTPC
OBEROIRLTY
OFSS
OIL
OMAXE
ONGC
OPTOCIRCUI
ORCHIDCHEM
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PAGEIND
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PERSISTENT
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PTC
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PVR
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RAJESHEXPO
137.15
657.55
141.9
275.95
3355
531.3
127.5
347.7
25.75
66.55
327.15
186.4
11742
240.05
846.35
1821.7
195.5
292.55
2085.4
67.85
6090
367.05
577.8
504.3
38.2
52.05
51.4
207.7
167.8
147.95
59.5
258.7
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64.75
84.1
93.75
37.75
84.6
709
93.55
39.15
169.2
rent fiscal, compared with `7,037.78 crore

during the same period of last fiscal.
Exceptional income include a `407.29crore profit from sales of properties during
the quarter this fiscal, the company said in a
filing to the BSE.
Shares of the company, however, closed
down by 5.27 per cent at `892.80 on BSE.
"The volume growth was soft during the
quarter and there was modest pick up in the
market. However, input costs have come down
shortly due to falling crude prices," HUL Chief
Financial Officer P B Balaji said.
1.8
1.4
1.5
7.3
6.85
3.45
-0.15
1.45
0.35
3.3
-0.35
-4.8
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3.05
60.55
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2.7
-12.4
-0.05
-51.85
3.7
1.75
-22.3
0.5
-0.95
-2.7
2.7
4.05
0.6
0.5
7.15
2.3
3.25
0.4
-0.8
0.85
1.5
-4
8.8
-0.65
27.35
1.33
0.21
1.07
2.72
0.2
0.65
-0.12
0.42
1.38
5.22
-0.11
-2.51
0.84
-0.46
0.36
3.44
-1.11
0.93
-0.59
-0.07
-0.84
1.02
0.3
-4.23
1.33
-1.79
-4.99
1.32
2.47
0.41
0.85
2.84
2.38
5.28
0.48
-0.85
2.3
1.81
-0.56
10.38
-1.63
19.28
SPARC
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892.80 (5.27)
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504.30 (4.23)
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809.05 (3.31)
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224.05
340.1
656
0.89
533.95
68.9
79.65
328.8
139.9
467.9
879.85
350
490.25
15.8
702.1
470.9
178.2
106.75
62.2
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35.75
257.55
76.9
3408.55
679.15
313.1
555.15
151.2
58.9
264.95
303.95
260.9
281.3
498.3
10300.8
2025.2
967.3
105.05
34.5
24.9
1381.45
469.7
492.15
3090
129.7
30.5
5.3
-0.95
8.1
0.04
-6.2
5.15
1.4
3.4
6.5
2.5
10.85
7.2
4.55
0
7.6
2.95
-19.8
0.5
0.65
-0.08
-0.2
-1.3
-0.1
-31
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-2.5
6.9
0.5
0.2
4.35
-1.45
2.9
1.05
7.3
352.5
-23.8
4.25
7.6
0.05
-0.05
-4.5
0.25
-6.65
90
4.4
0.65
2.42
-0.28
1.25
4.71
-1.15
8.08
1.79
1.04
4.87
0.54
1.25
2.1
0.94
0
1.09
0.63
-10
0.47
1.06
-0.85
-0.56
-0.5
-0.13
-0.9
1.44
-0.79
1.26
0.33
0.34
1.67
-0.47
1.12
0.37
1.49
3.54
-1.16
0.44
7.8
0.15
-0.2
-0.32
0.05
-1.33
3
3.51
2.18
893.70 (5.03)
646.25 (1.98)
HEROMOTOCO
PIIND
RALLIS
RAMCOCEM
RANBAXY
RASOYPR
RAYMOND
RCF
RCOM
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SIEMENS
SINTEX
SITICABLE
SJVN
SKFINDIA
SKSMICRO
SOBHA
SOLARINDS
SONATSOFTW
SOUTHBANK
19.98
0.86
-0.22
-1.96
0.1
-0.12
0.02
0.24
10.5
5.24
0.6
1.33
-1.57
-2.95
0.97
0.7
8.5
1.27
11.92
-0.16
0.45
0.51
0.06
1.14
1.46
-0.13
2.5
0.42
1.92
0.5
0.99
-0.87
-0.28
3.79
-0.39
2.22
-0.14
-4.23
-0.06
1.86
0.69
1.93
Current (Chng %)
Current (Chng %)
51.40 (4.99)
39.6
0.4
-2
-22.85
0.2
-0.1
0.2
0.45
5.75
23.6
1.15
11.3
-3.45
-12.35
5.55
1.45
1.37
0.7
239.65
-0.2
2
5.05
0.25
8.45
2.25
-0.75
13.15
0.35
12.4
1.9
1.5
-22.15
-7.85
4.95
-0.6
22.9
-0.3
-3.5
-0.3
7.2
0.9
21.25
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PMCFIN
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47
911.95
1142.6
193.15
82.8
926.45
184.2
60.5
474.3
194
862.05
216.7
405.7
578.35
207.65
17.48
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128.15
444.8
998.55
427.1
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156.55
558.35
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82.8
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384.8
152.8
2509.75
2803.7
135.4
154.4
1053.7
207.95
79.15
508.8
394.6
132
1121.5
TORNTPOWER
TREEHOUSE
TRENT
TRITRADE
TRITURBINE
TTKPRESTIG
TTML
TUBEINVEST
TV18BRDCST
TVSMOTOR
TVTODAY
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2,846.20 (1.78)
830.50 (1.54)
1,181.00 (1.13)
167.65
439
1430.95
22.4
114.35
3750.5
9.26
349.45
33.1
308.85
219.1
947.5
81.4
154.45
3089.9
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42.65
371.2
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127.95
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117.2
252.4
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457.3
1568.7
4972.6
67.05
342.9
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677.55
584.45
1068
322.35
45.8
824.85
383.8
642.05
815.35
3.85
11.45
41.3
0.35
1.4
44.8
0.13
-5.05
1.65
-10.55
0.2
4.25
0
0.2
18.9
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1.15
165.55
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0.6
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0.25
-90.6
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3.75
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-15.2
214.25
0.35
0.35
-9.3
13.85
29.2
34.6
-8.95
-0.25
21.9
-1.4
-2.7
-29.6
2.35
2.68
2.97
1.59
1.24
1.21
1.42
-1.42
5.25
-3.3
0.09
0.45
0
0.13
0.62
-3.95
0.49
5.16
-0.59
-0.12
0.16
4.09
2.99
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-1.41
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3.31
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4.5
0.52
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here could be a surge in terror

strikes this year as the nature of
terrorism is changing from smallscale to lone-wolf attacks, a leading
Australian expert has warned following last months siege in Sydney
and the recent incidents in Paris and
Belgium.
Clarke Jones from Australian
National University said that there
was a growing concern about violent extremists and the threat of
attacks. This year is going to be a
The Australian Federal Police has

cancelled more than 80 passports and
conducted raids in an effort to stop
radicalised Australians travelling overseas,
or carrying out violent attacks in the
country
year of terrorism in the sense that I
think we are going to see more small
scale attacks, he said.
Jones, who is among a group of
international experts, working to set
Bangladesh ends
Khaleda Zias
confinement
PTI n DHAKA
he 17-day virtual house

arrest of Bangladesh
opposition leader Khaleda
Zia was on Monday lifted unexpectedly by authorities here,
amid renewed violence over
last years disputed polls that left
State minister for home

Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on
Sunday night said Zia, 69, would
not be barred from visiting
Rahmans grave and she could
move anywhere after offering
wreaths there.
Zia, a former two-time premier, was confined to her
Sharmin Akhtar, 19, a Bangladeshi student of Eden Mohila College, receives

treatment at a medical college hospital after being injured in a recent bomb attack
during the ongoing nationwide blockade called by the opposition Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh
AP
at least 28 people dead.

The additional police and
barricade
around
the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP) chief s upmarket
Gulshan district office was
removed around 3 am local
time. They (police) first
removed their vans at around
2.30 am and afterwards they left
the scene along with water cannons, a BNP official told
reporters adding that few policemen were left behind for routine
duty.
The withdrawal of security
coincided with the 79th birth
anniversary of Zias husband and
BNPs founder Ziaur Rahman.
office since January 3, ahead of

the BNP-led 20-party alliances
much talked-about rally marking one year of the disputed
January 5 elections won by her
arch rival Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina.
The siege around her office
triggered renewed political
unrest across Bangladesh that
has left 28 people dead.
During the siege at the twostory building, the opposition
leader called a nationwide transport blockade, with the opposition party activists firebombing
buses, cars and other vehicles,
leading to police retaliate by firing bullets and tear gas.
75 MB members
jailed in Egypt
Charges include
inciting violence,
attacking property
PTI n CAIRO
eventy-five members of the

banned
Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt were on
Monday sentenced to jail terms
ranging from five years to life
on various charges, including
inciting violence and attacking
public property.
The Mansoura Criminal
Court sentenced 24 to life in
prison in absentia, while 35
others got five years in prison.
Eight defendants got 10
years in prison and three others got 15 years in prison.
Three were sentenced to
seven years in prison and two
others were sentenced to three
years in prison.
The defendants were
charged with torching four
cars belonging to policemen
and judges, being members of

a terrorist group, inciting violence and attacking citizens
and public institutions.
Thousands of pro-Morsi
and Muslim Brotherhood
members have been rounded
up and put on trial since the
army deposed the Islamist
leader in 2013 following massive street protests against his
rule.
In March last year, 529
Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced to death
for killing a police officer last
year.
Morsi himself is currently
in prison over charges of killing
peaceful protesters, espionage,
escaping from prison during
the January 25 Revolution in
2011, insulting the judiciary.
He was also charged with
spying and handing documents
of national security to foreign
intelligence.
He has not been sentenced
in any case so far.
up Australias first Centre for

Intervention and Countering
Violent Extremism (CVE).
He said: Terrorism is changing
and over the last 12 months. Where
IS coordinator
among 4
held in Bdesh
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police has arrestBangladesh

ed four alleged members of
Islamic State militant group,
including its regional coordinator who frequently travelled
to India, Pakistan and other
countries, and seized laptops
and jihadi leaflets from their
possession.
The four were arrested
during overnight raids in the
Jatrabari and Khilkhet areas of
the capital, Dhaka.
Yes, the IS coordinator
and the three others have been
arrested, a police spokesman
told PTI.
The IS coordinator has
been identified as Shakhawatul
Kabir who is also the regional
commander of the militant
group in Bangladesh. The other
three men arrested are Md
Anwar Hossain, Md Rabiul
Islam and Md Nazrul Alam.
They have confessed that
they are members of Islamic
State, said Masudur Rahman,
deputy commissioner of
Detective Branch.
Kabirs brother-in-law
Shamim and Batens brother
Sayem live in Pakistan and they
are members of IS, bdnews
quoted Detective Branch
Inspector Md Abu Zafar as saying.
The two had given Kabir
the responsibility to work as ISs
chief
coordinator
in
Bangladesh, Zafar said.
Kabir has been frequently
travelling to India, Pakistan
and other countries, the report
said. The objective of these militants was to kill important persons in Bangladesh and catch
media attention, Rahman said,
adding that a case has been registered against the four.
Police also seized laptops
and jihadi leaflets from their
possessions.
we are today is different from where

we were before, we are seeing the
nature of terrorism changing.
The individual is treated separately because theres not one pathway to radicalisation, he was quoted as saying in an ABC report.
That would involve a social
worker, a psychologist, maybe a psychiatrist in some cases but [it
would involve] trying to understand
the situation and assess the level of
radicalisation and work towards
the other way, said Jones.
He said the plan was for indi-
viduals to participate in the programmes depending on the level of

radicalisation, following assessments done by psychologists and
other experts. Jones said jailing
people is not a solution to the
problem and will be counter-productive.
We cant just lock them away in
maximum security prison, that is
going to be incredibly ineffective
and counter- productive, he said.
Three people, including Iranborn gunman Man Haron Monis,
were killed, and four others were
PTI n LONDON
Rehman Lakhvi, the

mastermind of the 2008
Zakiur
Mumbai terror attack - will
remain in jail for another
month after the Pakistan government extended his detention under a public security law
amid a row with India over
granting him bail in the 26/11
case.
As the Lahore High Court
on Monday resumed the hearing in Lakhvis detention case,
Islamabad
Deputy
Commissioner Mujahid Sher
Dil told the court that the
government had extended the
detention of Mumbai attack
prime accused for another 30

days under the Maintenance of
Public Order (MPO).
54-year-old Lakhvis counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi protested the governments decision to
detain his client for another one
month.
While the court is hearing
Mr Lakhvis detention case,
the government should have
sought the courts permission

in this regard. The government
cannot issue another illegal
order while the case is pending
with the court, he argued.
The court adjourned the
hearing till January 26.
On December 18, the trial
court (Anti Terrorism Court
Islamabad) granted bail to
Lakhvi, who was involved in
planning, financing and executing the attack in November
2008.
The Pakistan government
detained him next day under
the MPO. However, Islamabad
High Court judge Noorul Haq
Qureshi suspended Lakhvis
detention on weak legal
Syria Kurds battling IS capture

strategic Kobane hilltop
K
Kurdish Peoples People Units (YPG) seized the Mishtenur hilltop after fierce
clashes
ture Kobane, on the SyrianTurkish border, since midSeptember, and at one point
seemed poised to overrun the
Kurdish town. But Kurdish
fighters backed by massive air

raids by the US-led coalition
against IS have gradually pushed
back the jihadists, who now hold
around 15 percent of the town.
ber Supreme Court bench

headed by Justice Jawwad S
Khawaja had referred the case
back to the IHC for a complete
hearing before giving a final
decision.
The government has also
challenged the trial courts
decision to grant Lakhvi bail in
Mumbai terror attack case in
the IHC.
Lakhvi and six others Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal,
Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid
Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and
Younis Anjum - have been
charged with planning and
executing the Mumbai attack in
November, 2008 that left 166
people dead.
45 churches torched in
Niger in toon demos
AFP n NIAMEY (NIGER)
churches were
Forty-five
torched over the weekend in
Nigers capital during deadly
AFP n BEIRUT
urdish fighters battling the

Islamic State jihadist group
in Syrias Kobane have captured
a strategic hilltop, giving them
line of fire over the town, a monitor said on Monday.
The Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights
said the Kurdish Peoples People
Units (YPG) had seized the
Mishtenur hilltop after fierce
clashes overnight.
The military operation led
to the deaths of at least 11
Islamic State fighters, and the
seizure of large quantities of
weapons and ammunition, the
Observatory said.
Observatory director Rami
Abdel Rahman said the advance
was a key strategic victory for the
YPG, putting IS resupply lines
to Aleppo in the west and Raqa
in the east within their line of
fire.
IS has been battling to cap-
ground, evoking a strong reaction from India.

India raised the issue with
Pakistan both in New Delhi
and Islamabad, with Foreign
Secretary Sujatha Singh summoning Pakistan High
Commissioner Abdul Basit and
Indian mission taking it up in
Islamabad with the Pakistan
Foreign Office.
Just before he was to be
released from Adiala Jail in
Rawalpindi, Lakhvi was arrested on charges of kidnapping
Afghan national Muhammad
Anwar Khan. Lakhvi got bail
from a local court in Islamabad
in the abduction case.
On January 7, a two-mem-
protests over the publication of

a cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo,
police said on Monday.
The protests, which left
five people dead and 128 people injured in Niamey, also saw
a Christian school and orphanage set alight, Adily Toro, a
spokesman for the national
police, told a press conference.
Similar unrest sparked by
the French satirical weekly,
which was targeted by a bloody
Islamist raid on January 7, saw
five people killed in the southern city of Zinder, where 45
were wounded.
In the attack on Charlie
Hebdo, gunmen slew 12 people, saying they were avenging
previous publications of cartoons depicting the prophet. A
week later staff defiantly produced a survivors issue with
a new cartoon, winning back-
ing from vocal supporters of

freedom of expression, but further provoking Muslims in a
number of countries.
The French flag was
burned, Toro said, adding that
189 people, including two
minors, were arrested by police.
Demonstrators also pillaged
and burned numerous premises, including five hotels and 36
bars.
On Sunday, some 300 protestors in Niamey defied a ban
on further demonstrations,
throwing stones at police who
tear-gassed them.
The Governor of the capital, Hamidou Garba, said 90
people were arrested, while
local media said those
detained included opposition
leaders.
Muslim elder Yaou Sonna
on Saturday urged people to
stop attacking Christians.
Dont forget that Islam is
against violence, he said on
state television. I urge men
and women, boys and girls to
calm down.
Germany bans anti-Islamic GLOBE

TROTTING
rally over terror threat
Irina Shayk-Cristiano Ronaldo

split confirmed
PTI n BERLIN
erman authorities have

banned a rally by the antiG
Islamic PEGIDA movement
in the eastern city of Dresden
on Monday, saying they have
concrete information that
Islamist militants plan to attack
the weekly demonstrations.
The federal and state police
agencies had received information that radical Islamists
were planning to mix with
demonstrators and attack one
of the leaders of the rightwing
Patriotic Europeans Against
Islamisation of the West
(PEGIDA), which has been
organising the Dresden rallies
since September.
In our assessment of the
situation, we believe that there
is a concrete threat of a terror
attack, Dresdens police commissioner Dieter Kroll said on
Sunday. Informations received
by the authorities indicated
that one of the PEGIDA leaders and the people around him
PTI n LONDON
Alex with his father Derek Nash
tell her he was not going.

Alexs father Derek said he
vices such as mentoring, counselling,

education and employment services
that will help them turn away from
ideologies of violence and hate,
Attorney-General George Brandis
said in a statement. The Australian
Federal Police has cancelled more
than 80 passports and conducted
raids in an effort to stop radicalised
Australians travelling overseas, or carrying out violent attacks in the country.
Some Australians have joined
rebel groups, including Islamic State,
to fight overseas, the report said.
Lakhvi to stay in jail for one more month
Organizer Lutz Bachmann, left, and co-organizer Kathrin Oertel attend a news
conference of the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West
(PEGIDA) in Dresden, Germany, on Monday
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were being targeted for a terror attack, Kroll said in a statement.

Kroll, however, said there
were no specific information
about the suspected terrorists
or the nature of the attacks they
were planning.
The antiIslam rally in
Dresden to protest against the
Islamisation of Germany and
the governments asylum pol-
icy have been drawing a number of supporters in spite of

appeals to the public by
Chancellor Angela Merkel and
other leaders to stay away from
it.
Police estimated that a
record number of over 25,000
people attended the rally last
Monday and its organisers
were expecting a much bigger
crowd on Monday.
UK boy, 5, gets billed for no-show at friends B-day bash

n a bizarre incident, a fiveyear-old boy in the UK has
been billed about 16 pounds
and threatened with legal
action by his friends mother
for failing to attend her sons
birthday party.
Alex Nash, from Cornwall,
was invited to the party just
before Christmas.
An invoice for 15.95
pounds was sent by his school
friends mother Julie Lawrence,
who said Alexs non-attendance left her out of pocket and
his parents had her details to
wounded in a 16-hour hostage

siege in a cafe in Sydney in
December. It was followed by two
recent terror incidents in Paris,
where 17 people died in three days
of terror, and in Belgium two terror
suspects were killed in a raid last
week. Australian government, meanwhile, announced AUD 630 million
to fight home-grown terrorism and
AUD 13.4 million for specifically
countering violent extremism. The
CVE early intervention program
identifies radicalised and at-risk people and delivers a range of tailored ser-
had been told he would be

taken to the small claims court
for refusing to pay.

Alexs parents, from
Torpoint, had accepted an invitation to the party at a dry ski
slope in Plymouth, Devon, just
before Christmas.
However, they realised
their son was double-booked
and due to spend time with his
grandparents, which he did.
His parents said they had
no contact information for
Lawrence at that time.
They found the invoice in
a brown envelope in his school
bag last week. It was a proper
invoice with full official details
and even her bank details on it.
I can understand that shes

upset about losing money. The
money isnt the issue, its the
way she went about trying to
get the money from me, Nash
was quoted as saying by BBC.
She didnt treat me like a
human being, she treated me
like a child and that I should do
what she says, he said.
In a short statement,
Lawrence said: All details were
on the party invite. They had
every detail needed to contact
me. Nash said he had been told
he was being taken to the
small claims court because he
was refusing to pay.
Los Angeles:
Portuguese
footballer
Cristiano
Ronaldo and
his longtime
girlfriend Irina
Shayk have split
up. Ronaldo,
29, and the
Russian model
decided to end
their relationship after five
years together,
Shayks representative confirmed to Us
Weekly. A statement read: We can confirm Irina Shayk has
ended her relationship to Cristiano Ronaldo of
five years. She has been close with his family
throughout the course of their relationship.
Any negative rumours with regards to Irina
and the Ronaldo family are completely false,
and have not been a factor in the cause of the
spilt. Irina has no further comment at the time.
The Real Madrid soccer player and Shayk, both
29, began dating after meeting on the set of an
Armani ad in 2010. They followed up their
steamy gig by posing nude together for the June
2014 cover of Vogue Spain. Rumours of a
breakup have been following the pair in recent
months. Back in July, Ronaldo didnt attend the
premiere of Shayks film Hercules. They also
spent New Years Eve apart. This week, Shayk
did not accompany Ronaldo to the annual FIFA
Ballon dOr in Zurich. Ronaldo has previously been linked to Kim Kardashian, tennis pro
Maria Sharapova, and Paris Hilton.
Jennifer Lawrence to
star in The Dive
Los Angeles: Actress Jennifer Lawrence will
soon be working again with her Hunger
Games director Francis Lawrence. The pair will
team up for The Dive - the biopic based on
the real life story of freediving married couple
Francisco Pipin Ferreras and Audrey Mestre,
reported The Wrap. James Cameron is slated
to produce the
20th Century Fox
film after planning
to direct himself
at one point. The
film will tell the
story of how the
pair broke records
diving without the
use of breathing
equipment until
Mestre lost her life
during a 2002 dive.
The film has gone
through years of
development with
Casino Royales
Martin Campbell
previously attached to direct. The screenplay
was first written by Laeta Kalogridis before a
2012 rewrite from J Michael Straczynski.
Lawrence, 24, is expected to play Mestre but
the role of Ferreras is yet to be cast.
Christina Aguilera debuts baby

picture online
L os Angeles:
Singer Christina
Aguilera has
shared the first
photo of her fivemonth-old baby
girl, Summer
Rain Rutler, on
Twitter. Aguilera,
34, welcomed
Summer with her
fiance
Matt
Rutler in August,
last year. Since
then, she has
been working on
her new album
and preparing for
season 8 of The Voice, where she will appear
as a coach, reported Us magazine. Watch out...
Another ones getting ready to conquer the
world! driven diva2, she captioned the photo
of her little girl in a hot pink dress and white
frilled diaper that had Lil Diva stitched onto
the back. Aguilera is also mother to seven-yearold son Max with her ex-husband Jordan
Bratman.
sport 14
SOME RISE, SOME FALL

Nadal, Federer cruise at Australian Open with easy wins as Ana Ivanovic crashes out after round1
AP n MELBOURNE
Rafa's new racket comes

with a power switch
afael Nadal didn't give the

impression he was lacking
any confidence as he raced
through the first round of the
Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-2, 62 win Monday over Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny.
Coming back from a right wrist
injury and an appendix operation
that sidelined him for most of last
season after Wimbledon, and coming off a rare first-round loss in a
tune-up event in Doha, the 14-time
major winner said he had concerns
about his fitness for the opening
Grand Slam tournament of the year.
He didn't show it, hitting 37
winners, breaking Youzhny twice in
each set, holding his own serve comfortably and fending off the only
break-point chance he faced.
"Last year, second
half of the year had
been tough mentally,
tough physically for
me," he said. "I played
four matches in the last
seven months - that's
not enough to be back
with confidence."
"When that happens after a
tough period of injuries you arrive
here with doubts," he said. "This first
match was tough mentally for me (I) hope this match will give me confidence to play well next round."
Nadal hasn't won the Australian
Open since 2009, but has reached the
final in his last two trips to Melbourne
Park, losing to Novak Djokovic in a
5-hour, 53-minute epic in 2012 and
to Stan Wawrinka last year.
No. 2-ranked Roger Federer,
who won the last of his four
Australian titles in 2010, got a good
workout in the first night match on
Rod Laver Arena before beating Lu
Yen-hsun of Taiwan 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.
Second-ranked
Maria
Sharapova followed up her recent
title in a warm-up tournament with
a 6-4, 6-1 win over Petra Martic in
the last match of the day in the
women's draw which is already
missing eight seeded players.
"I had a great start in Brisbane
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal's new
high-tech tennis racket looks

and feels like his old one.
Except for the on-off switch.
Call it a "smart racket," the latest advance in tennis technology
tells you where you hit the ball with the help of an app.
Sensors embedded in the handle of the racket, made by Babolat,
record technical data on every ball
struck. At the end of a match or
training session the data can be
downloaded to a smart phone or
computer and used to help analyze
a player's strengths and mistakes.
Aside from the sensors, the
racket is just a racket. It's the same
size and weight as Nadal's old-fashioned former racket. "You press the
Maria Sharapova of Russia makes a forehand return to Petra

Martic of Croatia during their first round match at the
Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne
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Yuki loses 1st-round match to Murray

Two-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray beat Indian qualifier Yuki Bhambri 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Monday to begin another quest to
win an elusive Australian Open title.
Playing in the newly refurbished Margaret Court Arena,
Murray trailed 4-1 in the third set
before coming back to level the set
and then dominate Bhambri, the
2009 Australian Open junior
champion, in the tiebreaker.

Murray has reached the final of
the Australian Open three times,
losing to Roger Federer in 2010 and
Novak Djokovic in 2011 and 2013.
In between those losses to
Djokovic, Murray won his first
major at the 2012 U.S. Open and followed that up with a second Grand
Slam singles title at Wimbledon in
2013. Murray said it was a "tricky"
match for him and that he was

impressed with Bhambri, former No.
1-ranked junior.
"He played very close to the
baseline on that court, coming
forward a lot," he said. "Even
when I was hitting good returns,
he was changing the direction of
the ball very quickly. He had good
hands, solid volleys and made it
tough. he said.
winning the title for the first time

in my career - that was great to have
those matches coming into such a
big match in Melbourne," she said.
No. 3 Simona Halep and No. 7
Eugenie Bouchard also advanced
in straight sets, moving into the
second round along with No. 10
Ekaterina Makarova, No. 14 Sara
Errani, No. 21 Peng Shuai and No.
22 Karolina Pliskova.
Halep opened play on the main
court with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Karin
Knapp and Bouchard, who reached
the semifinals or better at three
Messi nets stunning hat-trick
majors last year, beat Anna-Lena

Friedsam 6-2, 6-4.
No. 5 Ana Ivanovic was the
highest-ranked of the first-round
losers, struggling with her serve in
a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Czech quali-
fier Lucie Hradecka in the first big

upset of the tournament. Coming
off a loss to Sharapova in the
Brisbane final, Ivanovic had 10
double-faults. No. 9 Angelique
Kerber, No. 16 Lucie Safarova (16),
No. 17 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 23
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 27
Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 28 Sabine
Lisicki and No. 32 Belinda Bencic
also lost on the opening day.
There was less damage involving the top players on the men's side,
with No. 11 Ernests Gulbis and No.
15 Tommy Robredo who retired
with a groin injury after five games
making first-round exits.
No. 7-seeded Tomas Berdych
beat Alejandro Falla 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3,
No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov defeated
Dustin Brown 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and No. 14
Kevin Anderson had a 7-6 (5), 7-5, 57, 6-4 win over Diego Schwartzman.
Eugenie Bouchard's quest to
match her stellar 2014 record in
Grand Slam tournaments started on
a positive note when she beat AnnaLena Friedsam of Germany 6-2, 64 Monday in the first round.
Sacked after 2011,Yuri

may return as coach
AGENCIES n BARCELONA
PTI n NEW DELHI
essi tormented Deportivo from kickoff,

drawing a save from goalkeeper Fabricio
Agosto seconds before Ivan Rakitic met his run
with a lobbed pass over the defense that the
Argentina forward headed over Agosto in the 10th
minute of the game.
Messi got his second in the 33rd by chipping
the ball over Agosto when Neymar's pass for Luis
Suarez fell to him at the six-yard box. And his third
came in the 62nd after Deportivo's defense made
the mistake of letting Messi enter the area with
the ball pegged to his left boot. He wasted little
time in picking his spot and firing an unstoppable
strike inside the far post. However, by contrast,
Luis Suarez's troubles in front of goal continued
as he fluffed his lines twice in the first-half with
just Fabricio to beat.
Messi showed the Uruguayan how it should
be done once more when he rounded off his 30th
hat-trick for the club after the break when he cut
inside onto his favored left foot and fired into the
far corner before an own goal from Deportivo
defender Sidnei rounded off the scoring.
"Messi has been playing at a very high level
all season, he hasn't dipped at any moment," said
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, who has been at the
center of media reports saying his relationship with
the team's all-time scorer had soured. "Messi is a
world class star."
Barcelona was gifted its fourth with seven to
play when Alberto Lopo's clearance hit teammate
Sidnei and bounced into their goal.
Getafe and Deportivo were one point above
the relegation zone. Sevilla's Carlos Bacca scored
from Gerard Deulofeu's exquisite pass in the 36th
before the striker worked a brilliant one-two combination with Denis Suarez for the midfielder to
KEY RESULTS (DAY 1)

Roger Federer beats Yen-Hsun -Lu
(6-4, 6-2, 7-5)
Rafael Nadal beats Mikhail Youzhny
(6-3, 6-2, 6-2 )
Andy Murray beats Yuki Bhambri
(6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3))
Maria Sharapova beats Petra Martic
(6-4, 6-1)
Eugenie Bouchard beats Anna-Lena
Friedsam (6-2, 6-4)
Zarina Diyas beats Urszula Radwanska
(3-6, 6-4, 6-2)
Simona Halep beats Karin Knapp
(6-3, 6-2)
Lucie Hradecka beats Ana Ivanovic
(1-6, 6-3, 6-2)
Tomas Berdych beats Alejandro Falla
(6-3, 7-6, 6-3)
Kristina Mladenovic beats Sabine Lisicki
(6-4, 4-6, 6-2)
'on' button. A blue LED light

appears. And, you play,". When
finished, a second button is
pressed, activating Bluetooth
which synchs the information
with a phone or other devies. AP
krainian track and field coach Yuri

Ogrodonik, who was sacked by the governU
ment after the doping scandal in 2011, is likely to
Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring against Deportivo during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Riazor stadium
hit in the 68th.

Elsewhere, Elche edged 10-man Levante 1-0
after Jonathas scored following David Navarro's
receiving a red card in the fifth. Both Levante's
Diego Marino and Elche 'keeper Przemyslaw Tyton
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saved penalties. Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo rounded off a week where he was named World Player
of the Year for the third time by scoring twice as
Madrid struck three times in the final half hour
to beat Getafe 3-0.
return to the country to prepare Indian athletes

for 2016 Rio Olympics after his name was cleared
"in principle" by the sports ministry recently.
Ogrodonik's contract was terminated in July
2011 after six top Indian athletes, including 2010
Commonwealth and Asian Games 4x400m
relay gold-winning team members Ashwini
Akkunji, Sini Jose and Mandeep Kaur, tested positive for a banned steroid.
It is learnt that 77-year-old Ogrodonik's name
has been cleared by the Sports Secretary in a meeting of officials from the ministry and Athletics
Federation of India on January 5 and 12.
"The Sports Ministry has in principle agreed
to Yuri Ogrodonik's name, though it is yet to give
the final sanction," a source said.
AFI said that Ogrodonik has not been
blamed for the 2011 doping scandal neither by
the NADA Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel nor
by the NADA Anti-Doping Appeals Panel, so it
has decided to bring back the top-notch coach
to train the athletes for the Rio Games.
"We think the women's 4x400m relay team
is within the striking distance of winning a medal
in Rio Olympics. So we have made a request to
the Sports Ministry to bring back Yuri Ogrodonik.
We have made a presentation to the ministry and
it is now up to them to take a decision on it," AFI
Chief Operating Officer Manish Kumar said.
Moreover, there was no negative comment
from both panels of the NADA on Ogrodonik.
We have to look forward to 2016 Rio and try to
get a medal by hiring him," he added.

The AFI has also proposed a salary of USD
7,000 permonth, a hike of more than USD $
1,000 than the Ukrainian last got before his
departure from India in 2011.
When contacted Sports Secretary Ajit Sharan
said that he would not like to comment till the
final sanction is made. "I can't say anything on
that matter till his (Ogrodonik's) name is finally sanctioned," Sharan said.
Ogrodonik was sacked by the then sports
minister Ajay Maken after six of his wards
flunked dope tests in 2011 in one of the worst
doping scandals in Indian athletics.
The athletes were handed a lenient one-year
ban by the NADA Anti-Doping Disciplinary
Panel instead of the maximum two-year sanction on the ground that they had not taken the
banned drug intentionally. On appeal by the
International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF), the Court of Arbitration for Sports in
Lausanne, Switzerland, handed a two-year ban
on the athletes. They came out of the ban in 2013.
Jimmy Walker wins Sony Open by record 9 strokes

AP n HONOLULU
Jimmy Walker kisses the trophy after winning the Sony Open golf tournament
AP
ix days after losing a tournament

on Maui he felt he should have
won, Jimmy Walker turned in a command performance Sunday on Oahu.
He blew away the field with a 7-under
63 to win the Sony Open for the second straight year.
His fourth career victory was the
most impressive of all. On a course
that lends itself to a free-for-all,
Walker shot 62-63 on the weekend
and never gave anyone much of a
chance, winning by a tournamentrecord nine shots. The previous record
was seven shots, last set in 2000 by
Paul Azinger.
Walker became the first repeat
winner at the Sony Open since Ernie
Els in 2004. Scott Piercy closed with
a 66 to finish alone in second. Matt
Kuchar, who started the final round
two shots out of the lead, didn't make
a birdie and shot 71 to tie for third

with Harris English and Gary
Woodland, who each had a 67. Kuchar
ended his streak of 255 rounds on the
PGA Tour with at least one birdie.
But this was Walker's show, and
it couldn't have happened at a better
time. Walker had a three-shot lead
with five holes to play at Kapalua last
Monday when he wound up losing to
Patrick Reed in a playoff at the
Tournament of Champions. With a
quick turnaround, he quickly put it
behind him.
"I really wanted to finish out the
day like I didn't do last week," Walker
said. He finished at 23-under 257.
The text message Sunday morning
from swing coach Butch Harmon was
the same thing caddie Andy Sanders
said over every putt: "Don't let up."
The decisive moment came at the
par-4 eighth hole. Walker and Kuchar
both opened with seven straight pars,
Walker made all

seven of his birdies
over the final 11
holes, and he couldn't
miss on the back
nine. He took a total
of 20 putts on the
back nine at Waialae
in the third and fourth
rounds. And even
with a big lead, he
kept grinding away
over putts he didn't
need to make
and Walker stuffed his approach to 3

feet for birdie. Kuchar pulled his tee
shot into the royal palms, punched out
short of the green and made bogey.
That two-shot swing gave Walker
a four-shot lead, and he was on his way.
Walker made all seven of his
birdies over the final 11 holes, and he
couldn't miss on the back nine. He
took a total of 20 putts on the back
nine at Waialae in the third and fourth
rounds. And even with a big lead, he
kept grinding away over putts he didn't need to make.
It was the largest margin of victory on the PGA Tour since Brian Gay
won at Hilton Head by 10 shots in
2009. This was more reminiscent of
the last time someone lost in a playoff, and then won the next week. That
was Kyle Stanley in 2012, though the
circumstances were entirely different.
Stanley made triple bogey on the
last hole at Torrey Pines and then lost
in a playoff. He won Phoenix the following week with a great rally.

Walker didn't do that much wrong
at Kapalua except for one bad swing
off the tee and failing to make a few
putts. Still, the loss stung, and he was
more than happy to head home to
Texas for a two-week break with
another trophy.
"He's one of the hottest players
in the world," Piercy said after his
round, when Walker was pulling
away. "What he's done the last year
or two years, nobody's catching
him. It's just a cake walk."
Walker didn't treat it like one,
which might be why he won by such
a healthy margin.
It was his fourth win in his last
32 starts, and he should move up to
No. 13 in the world ranking. During
his two-week stay in Hawaii, Walker
averaged 66 each round and picked
up just under $1.7 million.
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DAYS TO GO
Number of consecutive World Cup matches Australia won

between 1999 and 2011, the longest winning streak in World Cups
Warner fined for spat with Rohit but defends choice of words
PTI n MELBOURNE
ustralian opener David Warner

has been fined 50 per cent of his
match fee for a verbal spat with
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma during an ODI tri-series cricket match
here but defended him by insisting
that he was merely asking his rival
to speak English.
Warner revealed that he has
been fined during a radio interview
after Sundays match which Australia
won by four wickets. The swashbuckling opener said although getting
involved in the altercation was not
right but maintained that he did nothing wrong by asking Rohit to speak
in English.
The showdown took place at the
end of the 23rd over of Indias innings
when Rohit charged for a single on
an overthrow, much to the displeasure of the Australians. On the
cricket etiquette side of things when
you throw a ball to the keeper and it
hits a player you dont run, Warner
said on Sky Sports Radio.
A few of the boys said something
to him and when I went over to say
A few of the boys said

something to him and
when I went over to say
something he sort of said
something in their language and
I said speak English, because if
youre going to say something
for me to understand
theoretically, I cant speak Hindi
DAVID WARNER
something he sort of said something

in their language and I said speak
English, because if youre going to say
something for me to understand theoretically, I cannot speak Hindi.
So I did the polite thing and
asked him to speak English, therefore
he did, and I cant repeat what he said.
I thought I was okay by asking him
to speak English and Im going to say
it a couple of times if he keeps saying it in Hindi. I got slapped on the
wrist yesterday by the ICC, I shouldnt have engaged him and should have
gone to the other side to my fielding
position, but I didnt, he recalled.
Warner said Rohit should have
desisted from taking the single as the
EXTRA COVER
ANDERSON SALUTES DE VILLIERS

Nelson (New Zealand): Corey Anderson saluted
AB de Villiers on Monday for a hell of an innings
after the South African broke the New Zealanders
record for the fastest century in a one-day
international. De Villiers took just 31 balls to smash
his way to 100 against the West Indies in
Johannesburg on Sunday, five balls faster than
Anderson when he set the record against the same
opposition in Queenstown a year ago. Records are
there to be broken and congratulations to AB, it was
obviously a hell of an innings, Anderson said in
Nelson where New Zealand are preparing for the
fourth ODI against Sri Lanka. De Villiers went on to
score 149, including 16 sixes and nine fours, from
just 44 balls which impressed Anderson whose 131
not out against the West Indies came from 47
deliveries and included 14 sixes and six fours. To
get 149 off 44 is probably even more special, said
the big-hitting New Zealander who described
breaking records as just one of those things that
happens.
MACGILL SUES CRICKET AUSTRALIA

Melbourne: Former test spin bowler Stuart
MacGill is suing Cricket Australia for $1.6 million
Australian dollars ($1.3 million) he claims he is
owed in unpaid match payments and prizemoney.
MacGill filed a writ in the Supreme Court of Victoria
on Monday seeking $1,640,890 in match payments
and prizes he says he was entitled to but didnt
receive after injury ended his international career in
May, 2008. The right-arm legspinner is also seeking
almost a million dollars in costs, bringing his total
claim to $2.6 million. He alleges he was not paid
match fees and prizemoney accruing from 15 away
tests and 11 home tests in the two years after his
injury and which he was entitled to under Cricket
Australias player insurance policy. MacGill played
44 tests, taking 208 test wickets..
CLARKE ON TRACK FOR WC RETURN

Melbourne: Australias preparations for next
months ODI cricket World Cup today received a
massive boost with the announcement that
inspirational skipper Michael Clarke is on track for a
return from injury by February 21. Clarke, who
underwent a hamstring surgery earlier this month,
has been named in Australias World Cup squad but
given time until February 21 to prove his fitness. The
World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New
Zealand, starts February 14 and Australia will be
playing their second pool game, against Bangladesh,
on the day Clarke is expected to be match-fit.
Michael is progressing well in his rehab and is
currently running on a regular basis and has
commenced batting, Cricket Australia
Physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said in a statement.
He was reviewed by the surgeon in Melbourne on
Sunday who was very pleased with his progress. He
remains on track for a return to play by 21 February,
the date we spoke of when the squad for the ICC
Cricket World Cup was announced, he added.
Clarke, who has a nagging back spasms problem as
well, is currently keeping himself busy with
rehabilitation and television commentary.
WC KNOCK-OUT VENUES ALLOCATED

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC)
Monday announced the venue allocation criteria for
the quarter-finals of the World Cup which will be held
from Feb 14 to March 29. If World Cup co-hosts
Australia and New Zealand were to qualify from Pool
A, they will play their quarter-finals in Adelaide and
Wellington March 20 and 21, respectively. Besides
the hosts, the current rankings list Sri Lanka and
England as the two next highest ranked teams in Pool
A. If these teams qualify for the quarters, Sri Lanka
will play in Sydney March 18 and England will play in
Melbourne March 19, irrespective of where in the
top-4 these teams finish. However, if any one of the
two hosts or the two next highest ranked Pool A
teams fail to reach the last eight, then the team that
qualifies will play at the venue that was allocated to
the side that did not qualify. For example, if Sri Lanka
fail to reach the quarters, the Pool A team that
qualifies instead of Sri Lanka will play in Sydney
March 18.
NO EVIDENCE OF MATCH-FIXING: POLICE

Mumbai: The Mumbai police told a court here on
Monday that they had not found any evidence of
match-fixing against top BCCI officials with regard to
IPL in 2013. We have found no evidence of matchfixing against the respondents as alleged by the
petitioner, said the report submitted by Mumbai
polices crime branch. The report has been signed by
Nandkumar Gopale, inspector, with property cell of
the police. Social activist Naresh Makani had filed a
complaint in May 2013 against BCCI and others
alleging that all the matches of Indian Premier
League in 2013 were fixed and the franchise
owners were also involved in it. The complaint
named BCCI functionaries including N Srinivasan,
his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, and others.
Meiyappan was arrested by Mumbai police in a
separate betting-related case and he later got bail.
Makani had prayed for registration of separate case
of cheating against them.
Agencies
ball had ricocheted off his legs.

The guys behind the wicket said
it hit him. I walked in because I presumed it hit him as well. I was in the
wrong. What he was saying to me I
asked him to speak English, he said.
I got in trouble for engaging the
player, which technically youre not
allowed to do that now ... Youre not
supposed to walk at the player. It was
between overs and I should have
walked around to my fielding position, Warner said.
DONT CROSS THE LINE
MELBOURNE: Australian cricket coach

Darren Lehmann on Monday warned his
wards against crossing the line in onfield aggression but conceded that the
side would always teeter pretty close
to the edge.
The verbal spat between David
Warner and Rohit Sharma during the
tri-series cricket match on Sunday
which Australia won by four wickets,
once again brought to fore the
aggressive side of the home team and
Lehmann said he wouldnt want things
to go out of hand.
Its not a great look. The ICC has
done something about it. At the end of
the day we have to work better at those
situations and get better as a group ...
Davey said hes been fined 50 per cent,
so well deal with that and move on, ,
Lehmann told Sky Sports Radio.
Its not an ideal scenario, but
weve got to make sure were playing
the cricket we want to play without
crossing the line.
Davids an aggressive character
and we support that. Its just making
sure he does the right things on the

ground, and he knows that more than
most. Well work with him with that,
he added. Lehmann said while
unsettling the opposition with words is
not a problem, the players should never
forget to respect the game.
Weve just got to be mindful of
the game of cricket; its an important
entertainment spectacle for people
around the world. Weve got to make
sure we play hard but fair, and dont
cross the line, he asserted.
About slow over-rate, Lehmann
said he has had a word with the team
on this issue. Youve got three and half
hours and it took us three hours 56 I
think last night. We bowled too many
wides and we were too slow in between
overs, and weve got to get better at
that, Lehmann said. I spoke to them
quite firmly last night. We dont want
that happening. We want to get through
our overs and play an up-tempo game
and make sure were entertaining the
people who come to watch, in the right
time-frame.
PTI
WARNERS BEHAVIOUR HAS

GONE TOO FAR: CROWE
Slamming Australian opener
David Warner for his thuggish
behaviour in recent times, former
New Zealand captain Martin Crowe
has said that its time cricket takes a
cue from football and introduces yellow and red cards for on-field misconduct. Watching from the luxury of my couch and after hearing
numerous accounts from respected
cricket people, there is a growing concern that David Warners thuggish
behaviour has gone too far. Soon one
day it will lead to an incident that will
sully the game for good, Crowe wrote

in his column on ESPNcricinfo.
BAILEY GETS ONE-MATCH BAN

Australia will miss George Bailey
in the next match against England as
the skipper was on Monday handed
a one-match suspension for maintaining slow over-rate during
Sundays four-wicket win over India.
Bailey has also been 20 per cent
of his match fee while his teammates
have been fined 10 per cent of their
match fees. Since Bailey had previously been found guilty of a minor
over-rate offence in ODIs within the
last 12 months this offence constituted his second minor over-rate
offence for the purposes of the ICC
Code of Conduct.
Andy Pycroft of the Emirates
Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees
imposed the suspension on Bailey
after Australia was ruled to be one
over short of its target at the end of
the match when time allowances
were taken into consideration, an
ICC release said. Steve Smith is likely to lead the side in the Fridays contest in Hobart.
VISITORS FACE-OFF
Both India and England need to rebound after defeats against Australia
PTI n BRISBANE
Glad to get ODI runs

after Test failure: Raina
olted by the opening loss to Australia,

India would look to plug the bowling
loopholes and ensure a stronger batting display when they take on England
in their second ODI tri-series cricket
match here on Tuesday.
In Brisbane, both sides will be looking to register their first win in this tournament with the hosts having stolen a
march on them with two successive wins.
Australia beat England by three wickets
in Sydney on Friday and then beat India
by four wickets in Melbourne on Sunday.
They took a bonus point from the first
game as well and sit pretty on nine points
from two games. In this series, billed as
the dress rehearsal for the upcoming ODI
World Cup, these two sides will be keen
to get a win under their belt.
India can take some solace from
their match against Australia in the sense
that they pushed the hosts a lot closer.
By their own admission, the Australian
batsmen were going for that bonus
point against England and thus lost quick
wickets in the middle order. The repeated mini-collapse against the Indian
bowling was no such fluke.
Two bowlers played a key role in
squeezing the run-rate, Bhuvneshwar
Kumar and Axar Patel. It was quite a positive for the Indian team, reeling under
the inconsistency shown by their attack
in the preceding Test series.
They missed the medium-pacer in
the first three Tests and when he returned
in Sydney, he was way off-color, down on
pace and lacking in match fitness. A fiveday rest since and lot more bowling in the
nets has done him good. Yesterdays performance should be another boost for
him to return to form for the Men in Blue
need him to work his magic with the new
ball in the next two months.
In only his first international outing
in Australia, the young left-arm spinner
Axar impressed with his control as skipper MS Dhoni even opted to hold back
a few of his overs and bring Patel back
later during the end overs of the chase.
Later the Indian skipper even talked
about the possibility of Patel becoming his
prime choice in the death overs, if he persists with this same consistency in his
bowling. That was a big vote of confidence in Patels abilities. Even so, the
underlying word here is consistency
which is a certain weak-point with Indias
bowling in recent times.
This is where Tuesdays game assumes
significance. Coming quickly on the
heels of their Sunday outing, Indian
bowlers - in particular Kumar and Patel
- will be under the spotlight. A similar
bowling performance will be expected
from the duo and if they are able to deliver on their promise, then it will be a huge
step forward for this attack seeing as R
Ashwin had an off-day in Melbourne.
Dhoni will also be looking for consistency from Rohit Sharma. He batted
BRISBANE: Relieved to be in
good ODI form ahead of next
months World Cup, Indian
batsman Suresh Raina said he
would have been left devastated after his dismal failure in the cricket Test
series against Australia
had his side failed to
draw the last two matches.
Raina scored a halfcentury in the tri-series
ODI against Australia after
having bagged a pair in his
return to Test cricket after two
years. India lost the Test series
0-2 but earned appreciation for
fighting draws in the last two
matches. In Sydney (fourth
Test) I played my first Test after
more than two years and didnt
score a run. That hit me real bad.
Everyone in the team tried to
cheer me up saying its okay, it
waited for this chance. What

helped me get over it was that we
drew the Test. Had we lost it, it
would have been devastating for
me, he said.
Raina said the drawn
matches were a huge factor in
helping him reboot himself and
be prepared for the ODI tri-series,
which also features England.
I learned a lot in the next
two days after that Test, gathered
myself and practised really hard
with the white ball. It was a new
format and the one I have done
well in. I put the Test behind me
and started to focus on the ODIs.
I am glad I could score a few
runs right away, he said.
His weakness against the
rising deliveries has been
analysed quite often but Raina
said he is a better player of the
short delivery now. People have
been talking about the short ball
for years now. But I have come a
long way. I worked hard with
Sachin paaji at the BKC and with
(Pravin) Amre sir as well. I
believe I have improved a lot in
that regards and it shows in the
way I have been playing the
bouncer for quite a while now,
he pointed out.
Talking about the team in
general, Raina said the Indians
need to improve their bowling as
batsmen cannot be expected to
bail the side out every time. I
feel that we can improve our
bowling. Today we scored close
to 270. In the World Cup, we
might have to defend 240-odd
runs and for that our bowling
needs to be much better. We
didnt have Ishant and that made
a lot of difference. His presence
will be a big boost in the coming
matches. Bhuvi bowled really
well, especially in the death. PTI
In Sydney I played my first Test

after more than two years and
didnt score a run. That hit me
real bad. Everyone in the
team tried to cheer me up.
But I was really
disappointed. I was just
stunned. It felt like a bad
dream. I had worked so
hard for this opportunity and
earned it after so long
Suresh Raina
was hard luck. But I was really
disappointed. I was just
stunned. It felt like a bad
dream. I had worked so hard for
this opportunity and earned it
after so long, Raina told bcci.tv.
It happened to me in
England in 2011 I got a pair in
the Oval Test and then did
well in the ODIs. So, I had
been in that situation before.
But this time it was tougher
because of how long I had
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ODIs Indiaand England have

played against each other so
far. Todays match will the 92nd
between the two teams.
ODIs India have won out of 91
while England have won 36.
Three matches ended with out
a result while two matches ended in a tie.
both teams have won one match
each in two one day internationals
played Down Under.
India have defeated England at

home and away in their two most
recent bilateral ODI series
India have defeated England at

home and away in their two most
recent bilateral ODI series
wickets needed by James Anderson to

become the leading wicket-taker in ODI
matches between England and India
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IN ONLY HIS FIRST

INTERNATIONAL OUTING IN
AUSTRALIA, THE YOUNG LEFTARM SPINNER AXAR
IMPRESSED WITH HIS CONTROL
AS SKIPPER MS DHONI EVEN
OPTED TO HOLD BACK A FEW OF
HIS OVERS AND BRING PATEL
BACK LATER DURING THE END
OVERS OF THE CHASE
with much calm amid wickets falling at
the other end and looked keen to make
his start count.
More importantly, he was prepared to
run hard between the wickets and rotate
the strike, a trait previously missing in his
batting in overseas ODIs last year. If he
continues to do the same, then the
debate over his opening position in
favour of Ajinkya Rahane will be a thing
of the past. However, that topic could
restart at the other end if Shikhar Dhawan
too doesnt start scoring. It is too early to
comment on his failure in Melbourne.
But with a new-look batting order,
with Rahane at three and Virat Kohli at
four, they need to click in unison to take
pressure off the middle order, especially
with Dhoni coming in at number six.
In the absence of Ravindra Jadeja, the
onus of big-hitting in the end overs lies
squarely on the skippers broad shoulders.
Early wickets for few runs, as in
Melbourne, wont help his case and also
wont make the five-bowler strategy
work. In the last couple of years, Indias
ODI record against England has been
quite good. Since the 2011 tour when they
didnt win a single game, the Men in Blue
have recorded 12 wins in 15 matches, four
of them coming in England (one in 2013
and three in 2014).
The rest have all come in sub-continental conditions. Yet, Dhoni and his
players will be quietly confident of taking on a team under new captaincy. And
that is the big question mark for England
as they prepare for the World Cup. They
have made the right call in leaving
Alastair Cook out of their plans and
instead picking Eoin Morgan to lead.
However, they might have left him too little time to introduce some new plans and
experiment with his strategies.
England has called upon the services
of their former star all-rounder Andrew
Flintoff during the net-session in Brisbane
on Monday, in the hope of garnering
some confidence and motivation from the
Big Bash player.
Obviously enough, they have opted
to not give a call for help to Kevin
Pietersen, who is also in the country to
play the T20 league. And so, it remains
to be seen what effect Flintoff s words will
have on their Tuesday performance.
Live on Star Sports at 8.50 am
Saina looks to start new year with title defence

PTI n LUCKNOW
lympic bronze medallist Saina

Nehwal will look to launch the new
season with a bang when she starts her
title defence at the Syed Modi
International Grand Prix Gold Badminton
Championship that gets underway with
the qualifiers here on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old, who won the title
in 2009 and 2010 when it was a Grand
Prix event before claiming the crown
last year again, will face tough competition from runners-up and third seed
P V Sindhu and reigning world champion Carolina Marin of Spain in
womens singles.
I am looking forward to the event.
Last year turned out to be a good season
for me and I think Syed Modi is the right
tournament to start the year, Saina, who
will open her campaign against Malaysias
Yin Fun Lim on Wednesday in the main

draw, said.
I am the defending champion here.
So I hope I can once again win the title
and start the season on a positive note.
However, it wont be easy because we
have a few very good players such as
Carolina and Sindhu. So hope for the
best, added Saina, who has fifth seed
Beatriz Corrales and compatriot P C
Tulashi in her half, among others.
Sindhu, who won multiple bronze
medals in team events last year, will open
against a qualifier but her real challenge
will start in the third round, where she
is likely to face Thailands Porntip
Buranaprasertsuk, seeded sixth.
Sindhu had last week reached the
semifinals of the Malaysian Grand Prix
Gold. The USD 120,000 event, being
organised by Uttar Pradesh Badminton
Association (UPBA) at BBD UP
Badminton Academy, Gomti Nagar will it out with 11th ranked Viktor Alexsan
also see tough competition between of Denmark and Malaysias Wei Feng
Indian shuttlers in the mens singles event. Chong. Organised in memory of eightWhile last years runners-up K time national champion Syed Modi, the
Srikanth will look to go the distance this event was initially an All India tournament, which was upgraded to
time, C ommonwealth
an International Challenge
Games champion Parupalli
SYED MODI
Kashyap could prove to be INTERNATIONAL event in 2004, before being
promoted to a Grand Prix
his biggest competitor.
BADMINTON
Gold event in 2009.
Srikanth, who entered
Srikanth will open
the big league after stunning CHAMPIONSHIP
against Shreyansh Jaiswal,
two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China to win the China the guy who had sent packing defendSuper Series Premier last year, will also ing champion Sourabh Verma in the first
face resistance from compatriots Ajay round of Senior Nationals in Srinagar in
Jayaram, who won the Dutch Grand 2012. The lad from Guntur, Andra
Prix last year, Indonesian Masters GPG Pradesh is likely to face 14th seed
champion H S Prannoy, Commonwealth Jayaram in the pre-quarterfinals.
Kashyap will take on Subhankar Dey
Games bronze medallist RMV
in his tournament opener and is likely
Gurusaidutt.
Besides the Indian shuttlers, the to meet 11th seed Israels Misha
world No. 4 Indian will also have to fight Zilberman in the later round.
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with Ranveer
AMRITA RAO, who has worked
with superstars like Shah Rukh
Khan and Amitabh Bachchan
since her debut in 2002, says
she is eagerly waiting to
work with Ranveer Singh
as he reminds her of
legendary actor
Kishore Kumar.
Amrita asked about
with whom she
wanted to share
screen space in
future. To that, she
said: I've worked with
actors from Shah Rukh
Khan (in Main Hoon
Na) to Amitabh
Bachchan (in
Satyagraha). I've
been very fortunate.
But maybe Ranveer
Singh. He reminds
me of Kishore
Kumar, and I'm a
big fan of Kishore
Kumar. If I get a
chance to work with him
(Ranveer), I think it would be very
interesting, she added. Amrita is
currently busy with Prakash Jha's
next untitled film.
Priyanka and
I have sung a
duet in Dil
Dhadakne Do.
The song is
based on us
and is a smouldering
smoky love ballad
steeped in nostalgia
and longing. I do not
see myself lending my
voice to any other
actor. It just does not
seem to work for me
FARHAN AKHTAR
Actor GEORGE
DICKERSON, who
played police
detective John
Williams in David
Lynch's Blue Velvet,
has died. He was 81. Dickerson's son
Dome Karukoski broke the news in a
Facebook post, according to which
the actor died Jan 10 after battling a
long illness. He was living in New
York.
AKON has been hit
with an over $36,000
lawsuit for not paying
dues to a contractor
after renovations at his
Georgia mansion. The
41-year-old owes $36,765 to Durable
Steel Structures for designing a
glass floor that makes it seem like
walking about a coral reef.' The
designs needed LED lights to project
the reef images below the glass.
Organic food
for pregnant Biel
JESSICA BIEL, who is expecting
her first child with Justin
Timberlake, is sourcing organic
produce from local
farms to maintain a
balanced diet. She
has been having
deliveries from local
farms so she can
eat fresh organic
produce and be as
healthy as possible
throughout the
pregnancy,
quoted a source.
Being healthy is
really important
to her. She is
very aware of
the importance of
eating well. She
wants to have the
best pregnancy
possible, added the
source. Biel is in her
third trimester now and
she's feeling good.
She has stayed active
during her pregnancy
and tried to do different
activities. She loves going on
walks, source said.
rom Oscar de la Renta and Michael Kors of

the world to our desi designers who are
known for their non-conventional outlook,
every one seems to be in awe of gingham.
Gingham is a woven-linen or cotton cloth which
originally had bright coloured stripes but today we
know gingham for its check or plaid pattern. The
gridlock pattern has been a fashion staple and
we have had international icons flaunting it
from as early as the 1960s. It is believed that
the fabric was manufactured in Dutchcolonised Malaysia and Indonesia and
also in India. It was exported to Europe
in the 17th century and later to the USA.
Gingham is derived from the Malaysian
word genggang meaning striped and
adopted by the Dutch. In India,
gingham is the print derived
from gumchha. It is believed in
Japan that the gingham pattern
has spiritual symbolism. The
fabric was used to wrap
around statues when a child
had died.
The international
runways showcasing
the Spring/Summer
trends for 2015 have
been blooming with
gingham prints. If one
scans through the ramp
shots of the New York
fashion week last year
one would be amazed
by how interestingly
the pattern has been
used in oversized
shirt dresses with a
front slit, the baby
doll
dresses
infused with
bold splashes of
pink
and
canary yellow
and short tunic
dresses by designers
like Joseph Altuzarra, Diane Von
Fustenberg and Michael Kors. Back
home, we have designers like Aneeth
Arora, who has been using gingham
generously in her collections. The
designer shares, I have been using
gingham since my first collection.
When I was studying costume, I got
an understanding of its use in ancient
Indian textiles for lining silhouettes
or patchwork. What got me intrigued
was how ginghams was used in the earlier times. I got to know while weaving, check is the easiest thing to make.
Its a crisp work of warp and weft.
That was the first pattern that the textile makers achieved. People have
Check
it out
Gingham style has emerged as the hot trend for
Spring/Summer 2015 from international runways
where designers like Oscar de la Renta and
Michael Kors used it in shirts and baby doll
dresses. Back home, we have designers working
with the pattern in ikat and chanderi
been using check in their clothing in different forms, be it as lining or Scottish
checks. My challenge is to get the pattern
in different traditional textiles like in chanderi or ikat. I have got people from different parts of the world to interpret gingham
in their own way. I have experimented with
gingham in wool and pashmina, says
Aneeth.
Nachiket Barves collection boasts of
gingham pattern and he agrees that it will
be the ruling print for the spring this year.
But all these designers are adding their
own twist to it to present the check in a
new avatar and in a different silhouette.

Gingham has progressed from
being part of those cute, picnic
frocks to smart shirt dresses and tailored suits. Even for accessories, gingham checks are really cool. Leather hats
in gingham have been quite a hit. Even
it is a small patch in garment, it draws
attention and merges well with whatever you are put on.
Theres a lot one can do with this
basic pattern. This spring season, you can
go gingham of various sizes and colours.
Stage craft
he blend of comedy, theatre and music in
T
live entertainment has become a successful strategy to draw crowds. The latest festi-
Until recenty not many people knew

about Alan Turnings role in the Allies
victory in World War II...
Many of Turnings fellow mates were
even unaware of his integral role in the
Allies victory until last year when the
Queen issued a posthumous pardon letter. It took the world six years to come to
know of the scientists achievements.
When people watch this movie they go
through the extremes of emotions. They
are moved by just not the demise of the
man but also how shameful his death was.
They also get furious at the fact that a
man of that stature is so less talked about.
Its one of the magnifications of the
true tragedy of this mans life. He
should be on bank notes in the UK; he
should be held in line with Darwin and
Newton as a scientific pioneer. It is a
huge injustice that he isn't.
How did you prepare for the role of
Alan Turning?
I credit the movie because it gave me
access to some of the scientists surviving colleagues and nieces and I took full
advantage of it. I wanted the character
to look real and believable. Turning had
to struggle with his stammering and I
wanted to portray it exactly like him.
That is why I spent hours in front of
them, perfecting which consonants to
struggle to make it seem like the late scientists.
The most rewarding comment came
from his nieces when they said that it was
like he was there with them again. It was
wonderful to hear. There was always a
weight of responsibility to get it right.
Were you aware that so many people
havent even heard of Alan Turing?
(inputs Karan Bhardwaj)
LAUGH OUT LOUD
Many well-known musicians, comedians and theatre artistes will

perform across seven cities during a two-month festival
val, Stage 42, will bring together the best of

these different genres in seven cities between
February and March. The festival will take
place in seven cities Bangalore, Chennai,
Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and
Pune. Theres a handpicked selection of
artistes and actors, performing at different
venues in each of these cities through the
course of the festival. Over 150 shows have
been planned. In comedy, acclaimed individuals and groups like Bill Burr, All India
Bakchod (AIB) and Pretentious Nights will
be doing shows. Nucleya, DJ Anish Sood and
Bhayanak Maut will set the musical waves
flowing while spectacular theatre shows will
be done including Akhtari, Dastangoi and
others.
Stage 42 will also host multiple club nights
in each city and these will include performances by bass monster Nucleya, indie folk
band Swarathma and Friends, comedy rock
band Vir Das Alien Chutney, stand-up
comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath of Pretentious
Movie Reviews, Reggae Rajahs and more.
Noted Urdu Litterateur SR Faruqi and
Mahmood Farooqui have been working tire-
We have worked with neon

green and white check superimposed with fuschia and off
white check. The white can be
uniform throughout while the
checks can keep changing, says
Arora.
Tartans have been central to
Swapnil Shindes creations. Its
classic and never goes out of fashion. Gingham and tartans have
been huge internationally also.
When I introduced tartans in my
collection in 2009, a lot of designers started following me, says
Shinde. But here is a word of caution.
One must not over do it or over play
it.
Shinde informs that he has been
getting orders for gingham skirts.
Instead of tweaks or hardcore
menswear fabric, I prefer digitally
printing them on chiffons, georgettes
for more fluidity. I am interplaying
with gingham collars and leather jackets,
he says.
Nickelodeons
cartoon characters
Motu, Patlu and
Oggy visited The
Pioneers office.
They left us in
splits with their
comic acts
lessly towards the revival of Dastangoi, a lost

form of storytelling. Developed a thousand
years ago, these stories talked about the valour and adventures of Amir Hamza, an Arab
hero and were very popular in 19th century
India. But with the demise of Mir Baqar Ali,
the last known exponent of the art form, in
1928, the form also died with him. However,
a lot of dastans will be performed in this fest.
The life of a genius

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH spent hours with relatives of late scientist Alan
Turning to prepare for The Imitation Game. He regrets that it took the world six
decades to know of the man's achievements
broad reception. I wanted maximum
audience for this movie so that everybody
is familiar with Turnings story.
His story isnt as upfront as it should

be. It was only last year with the Queens
apology that a great deal of light was
thrown on him. It was followed by pardon from the England government and
even US President Obama listed him as
one of the greatest British scientist along
with Issac Newton and Charles Darwin.

At the end, being a celebrated name
does not signify your importance. What
needs to be investigated is what the man
actually achieved in his lifetime. I think
one of the things that I was most passionate about this film was it to receive a very
Turing did a lot of work at University

of Manchester and you studied there, so
you must have known about him.
Yes, I was aware of him during my
school days and I was also aware of Derek
Jacobis phenomenal performance of
Turning in the play Breaking the Code. I
saw the televised version of it. But I didnt know the whole story until then.
I had an idea of him, but when I read
Graham Moores script for The Imitation
Game and tried to sort of forensically
scavenge as best I could for further reading material, I discovered a lot more.
There is quite a bit of literature about
him, such as Andrew Hodges and
David Leavitts biographies. A few people were also generous enough to give
me their time to talk about meeting him
and knowing him in person.
But you immediately hit walls as a
sort of dumb actor trying to understand
algebra. It is another language and it is
an expertise that takes a lifetime and a
PhD in pure math. Its incredibly distant,
so to try and get closer to someone who
we don't have footage of is difficult.
Fortunately, there were a lot of accounts

of how he talked, the way he moved and
his body language around people that
helped me a lot. It was an evolving kind
of experiment in how much to play with
what is known of him through these
accounts.
Why do you think directors cast you
to play real life smart people like
Turning, Julian Assange and Stephen
Hawking (in the 2004 TV movie
Hawking)?
I dont know; youd have to ask my
directors. (laughs) Its very flattering on
one account, its quite disturbing on
another. Because Im far removed from
the level of intelligence of the characters Ive been lucky enough to portray.
What I try to look for is something
that a general audience can relate to, to
have an investment in these extraordinary people who achieve extraordinary
things. Thats an easy task for an actor,
to humanise these incredible machines
of ideas that some of these people are.
Its not always easy, but thats the challenge, and thats what Ive enjoyed
doing. Im very lucky.
What difference have you found in
portraying a real person and playing a
fictional character?
If youre talking about playing an
iconic superhero, then theres a huge pressure that comes with the expectations of
what you do with that material, even
though its fictitious.
If its someone thats real, then the
pressure is very different. You always have
a rightful kind of responsibility of protecting a legacy. Its about trying to do a
good job.

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